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MS Chandra Shum Shere c.198(1)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Jayadeva Pakṣadhara Miśra's Tattvacintāmaṇyāloka, a commentary on Gaṅgeśa's Tattvacintāmaṇi. Maṅgala and prāmāṇya (incomplete).
Jayadeva Pakṣadhara Miśra , Tattvacintāmaṇyāloka
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

8 × 27 cm.

Extent: 16 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: pratīkas smeared in red.

8 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: On f. 1, in a later hand: ādye caṃdraḥ śriyaṃ kuryān manastoṣaṃ dvitīyake || tṛtīye dhanasaṃpattiṃ caturthe kalahāga+ paṃcame jñānavṛddhiṃ ca ṣaṣṭhe saṃpattim uttamāṃ | saptame rājasanmānaṃ maraṇaṃ cāṣṭame tathā | navame dharmalābhaṃ ca daśame mānasepsitaṃ | ekādaśe sarvalābhaṃ dvādaśe hānim eva ca ||; in a modern hand (in red ink): ciṃtā° āloka°.

Binding

Cardboard cover, library binding.

History

Origin: 18th-19th century. .

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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