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MS Chandra Shum Shere d.874(1)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Dinakara's Dinakārī, a commentary on Viśvanātha Nyāyasiddhānta Pañcānana's Bhāṣāpariccheda.
Dinakara , Dinakārī
Rubric: [1v1] || śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃhyābhyāṃn namaḥ ||
Incipit: [1v1] lakṣmīpāda
Explicit: [21v] priyaḥ
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

12 × 27.5 cm.

Extent: 146 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: pratīka.

12 lines per page.

Deletions in yellow.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: On folio 1r, in a modern hand (in red ink): muktāvalīṭīkāprakāśa 148; on folio 146v: śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃhyaḥ pāyād āpāyāt || śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu || śrīśubham astu || rāma cha rāma; in the same hand: 100 48.

Marginalia

  • correctionsMarginal corrections in the same hand.
  • titleAbbreviated marginal title, (mu° di°).

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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