MS Chandra Shum Shere d.510(2)
Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Gadādhara Bhaṭṭācārya's Gādādharī, a commentary on Raghunātha Śiromaṇi's Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti, in its turn a commentary on Gaṅgeśa's Tattvacintāmaṇi. Anumāna, incomplete (breaks off in vyāptipañcaka).
, Gādādharī
Rubric: [1v1] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
Incipit: [1v1] abhivaṃdya
Explicit: [92v = 93v] niṣṭhatvāsaṃbhave
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper, several folios yellowed.
11.5 × 26 cm.
Extent: 92 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left margin, verso.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals (additional), top-left margin, verso.
Foliation: Arabic numerals, top right margin, verso.
Condition
Incomplete, in good condition. Extant folios: Ff. 1-15, 16 (also numbered 17), 18-93. Folios 85-92 (= 86-93) (vyāptipañcaka) also numbered 1-8.
Layout
Commentary layout: pratīkas smeared in red.
11 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Additions: On folio 1, an inscription written mirrorwise: śivāya namaḥ parica++ṇāṃ cararṇārcita khecararājapurī caracaṃ +ṣṭa; in a later hand, 13; in a modern hand: śiromaṇiṭī. gadādharī 93.
Marginalia
- titleAbbreviated marginal titles: ga°, śi° ṭī° ga°.
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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] ; OxfordFunding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation