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MS Chandra Shum Shere e.98(2)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Patañjali's Yogasūtra.
Patañjali , Yogasūtra
Rubric: [1v1] || śrīrāmakṛṣṇaprasaṃno yaṃ śrīr astu || śrīviṭṭhalāya namaḥ || atha yogasūtrāṇi likhyaṃte ||
Incipit: [1v1] atha yogānuśāsanaṃ 1
Explicit: (section) [11v] sarvajñātṛtvaṃ
Incipit: (section) [13r] lavyavahitānāṃm apy ānaṃtaryasmṛti
Final rubric:
Explicit: [14v] citiśaktir iti 34
Final rubric: [14v] iti yogasūtrādhyāye kaivalyapādaḥś ca turthaḥ[sic] 4
Colophon: [14v] sūtre prathamapāda 52 dvī° 55 tri° 55° catu° 34 evaṃ 196 śake 1708 parābhavasaṃvatsare bhādrapadavadya 14 dvitīyapraharī[sic] samāpto yaṃ satyaṃ śrīr astu
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 19 cm.

Extent: 13 ff. (folio 12 missing).

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition.

Layout

6-7 lines per page.

Final rubrics and colophon highlighted in red; deletions in yellow.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

Marginalia

  • titlesRunning marginal title yo° on the left margin, sū° on the right margin.

Binding

Cardboard cover, library binding.

History

Origin: 1708 Śāka / 21 September 1786.

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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