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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c.191(2)

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere c.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Yogabīja, attributed to Gorakṣanātha. Given to Haṃsanātha Bābā. Belonged (?) to Būḍhābābānāthajī.
Unknown , Yogabīja
Rubric: [1v1] oṃ śrīganeśāya namaḥ
Incipit: [1v1] atha yogānuśāsśrīdevy a(sic)vāca namas te ādināthāya viśvanāthāya te namaḥ | namaste viśvarūpāya viśvītītīya te (sic) namaḥ 1 utpattisthitisaṃhārakāriṇe kleśahāriṇe namas te deva deveśa namas te paramātmane || 2 || namas te paripūrṇāya jagadānaṃdahetave sadāśiva jagannātha kāruṇyāmṛtavāridhe || 3 ||
Explicit: (section) [15r] gato me saṃśayo nātha kṛ[pa]yā tava śaṃkara namas te yogirāj(āya) sarvajñāya namo namaḥ || 79 ||
Final rubric: [15r] iti śrīyogavījaṃ samāptaṃ ḥ || ||
Colophon: [15r] saṃvat || 19 || 41 || || ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

12.5 × 30 cm.

Extent: 15 ff.

Condition

Complete, in good conditions.

Layout

8 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 1r, four lines in a later hand: |śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīsarasvatyai namaḥ || śrīkālabhairavāya namaḥ || śrīgaṃgābhagirathyai namaḥ || || yaha pustaka mene hantsanāthabābāku diyā hai aur ghāṭī tuṃ badī atakāḷame gaṃgāmaṇakarṇikā me karanā pravāhakaragayā [?] buḍhābābānāthajī, to which another later hand added: kā kā+ivāsa huvā; and, in a modern hand: yogavīja.

Binding

Cardboard cover, library binding.

History

Origin: Vikrama 1941 / 1884 CE.

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Shum Shere, Chandra Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscript

    manuscripthttp://zotero.org/users/5493666/items/KU4TYAUH Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere by T. Gambier Parry. Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation