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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 235

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.

A composite manuscript containing ten manuscript works on vyākaraṇa, bound together in the Bodleian Library.

Physical Description

Binding

Early 20th-century brown textile binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark and description tooled in gold on the spine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (1)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript containing Durgasiṃha's Kātantra Dhātupāṭha up to gaṇa 1, and the Pāṇinīya Gaṇapāṭha.
1. Ff. 3v-5r [ff. 1v-3r in original foliation]
Durgasiṃha , Kātantra Dhātupāṭha
Rubric: F. 3v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
2. Ff. 5r-28v [ff. 3v-26v in original foliation]
Pāṇinian , Gaṇapāṭha
Colophon: F. 28v [f. 26v in original foliation]: śrī gaṇāpaṭhe || harivaṁ govardhana dīkṣita sūnu rāmakṛṣṇa viracite '[?]modhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || ❀ || māgha śukla pratipadā kula vāsara || saṁvat 1882 ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24.5 cm.

Extent: 25 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Good condition.

Complete.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Corrections in yellow. Scribe: Rāmakṛṣṇa Dīkṣita

History

Origin: saṃvat 1882 / 1825 CE.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandal,, 1994, no. 71, p. 172; no. 157, p. 186.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (2)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A fragment of a previously undescribed paper manuscript of the Avyayārthalaharī.
Ff. 30r-32v [ff. 1r-3v in original foliation]
Avyayārthalaharī

[Title on f. 30r and curator's note in pencil on the front paste down read Avyayārthakārikā.]

Rubric: F. 30v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24 cm.

Extent: 3 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Fragmentary; only three leaves remaining.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Verse numbers highlighted in red powder.

History

Origin:

Not dated.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscript

    [unpublished manuscript], , (, )

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (3)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript containing the complete Dhātupāṭha of the Pāṇiniyan tradition and the complete Prayogavivekasaṃgraha of Vararuci in 31 verses.
1. Ff. 34v-52v [ff. 1v-19v in original foliation]
Pāṇinīya , Dhātupāṭha
Colophon: F. 52v [f. 19v in original foliation]: iti śrī pāṇinīya dhātupāṭhaḥ samāptaḥ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
2. Ff. 53r-54r [ff. 20r-21v in original foliation]
Vararuci , Prayogavivekasaṃgraha

[Colophon calls the whole work Kārakacakra, but this properly applies only to the first paṭala which ends after verse 12.]

Colophon: F 54r [f. 21v in original foliation]: iti vararuci kṛte prayogavivekasaṃgrahe kārakacakra samāptim agamat || cha || śrī || saṃdhyā pradeśe saṃdhyāyāṃ saṃdhyā karmasu parvasu || japa manyatra kuvīta punaḥ Saṁdhdhyāṃ samācaret || ||1|| ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper. First and last folio written on thick yellow paper.

12 × 26 cm.

Extent: 21 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete. F. 40v [f. 7v in original foliation] is left empty.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin:

Not dated.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 150, p. 185; no. 222, p. 195-6.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (4)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of Anantācārya's Saṃskṛtamañjarī.
1. Ff. 56v-61r [ff. 1v-6r in original foliation]
Anantācārya , Saṃskṛtamañjarī
Rubric: F. 56v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

10 × 23 cm.

Extent: 6 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete.

The text block of a few folios rubbed away, with loss of some akṣaras. Damaged right margin on last three folios.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin:

Not dated.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 25, p. 165.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (5)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Anantācārya's Saṃskṛtamañjarī.
1. Ff. 63v-67v [ff. 1v-67v in original foliation]
Anantācārya , Saṃskṛtamañjarī
Colophon: F 67v: iti śrī saṃskṛta maṃjarī samāpteti śrī kṛṣmaḥ saṃvat 1879 mitiñptāṣāḍa kṛṣma 2 vāragurutni [?] prācāryavakhatarāmeṇāt nipiktataṁ paṭhaṇārthaṁ || yāṁtviṁtayāmi 1 satananaṃhi [?] ṣāniri [... damaged text]
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24 cm.

Extent: 5 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

The original ff. 2 and 5 are missing.

In good condition. The colophon is partially rubbed away with a loss of some akṣaras.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Invocation highlighted in red powder, corrections in yellow. Scribe: Ācāryavara Vatarāma.

History

Origin: saṃvat 1879 / 1822 CE.

In colophon: Copied on Thursday 2 kṛṣṇapakṣa of Āṣāḍhasaṃvat 1879 ⟨1822 CE⟩.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 26, p. 165-6.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (6)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of the Dhātupāṭha in the Pāṇinīya's tradition.
1. Ff. 69r-86r [ff. 1r-18r in original foliation]
Pāṇinīya , Dhātupāṭha
Rubric: F. 69r [f. 1r in original foliation]: oṃ śrī ganeśāya namaḥ
Incipit: F. 69r [f. 1r in original foliation]: oṃ tāṃ bhavāṃnī bhavāktteśanāśaviśāradā
Colophon: F. 86r [f. 18r in original foliation]: 1951 samāptoyaṃ || dhātupāṭhaḥ || śubham astuntekhaka pāṭhakayoḥ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24 cm.

Extent: 18 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.

History

Origin: saṃvat 1951 / 1894 CE.>

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 155, p. 185.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (7)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of Manudāsa's Ṣaṭkārakaprakriyā.
1. ff. 88v-111r [ff. 1v-24r in original foliation]
Manudāsa , Ṣaṭkārakaprakriyā
Rubric: F. 88v [f. 1v in original foliation]: || śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Incipit: F. 88v [f. 1v in original foliation]: ṣadkārakāṇikathyante saṃbaṃdha sahitānivai'yeṣāṁvijñāta mātre ṇāsaskṛtaṁ jñāyate dhruvam ||
Colophon: F. 111 r. [f. 24r in original foliation]: || iti śrī ṣadkāraka pratkiyāsamāptā || śubham astu || || ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

10 × 25 cm.

Extent: 24 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black and red ink.

History

Origin:

Not dated.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 155, p. 185.) A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Sanskrit Manuscripts In The Collections Of The Asiatic Society Of Bengal: Volume VI. Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts., Shāstrī, M. H. (Calcutta, The Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1931, p.242, no. 4583)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (8)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of Vaijaladeva's Prabodhacandrikā.
1. ff. 113v-134 [ff. 1v-X in original foliation)
Vaijaladeva Bhūpati , Prabodhacandrikā
Rubric: F. 113v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
Incipit: F. 113v [f. 1v in original foliation]: harihara gurubhaktaḥ sarvalokānurakta stribhūvana gatakārtikaḥ kāṃti kaṃdarpamūrtiḥ ||
Colophon: F. 134r [f. 22r in original foliation]: iti śrīmad vaijala bhūpāla kṛtā prabodhacandrikā samāptā || || tā ide ity upādvaviṣṇunā likhitaṃ || || saṃvat 1868 citra bhānu saṃvatsare kāt[?]ka kṛṣṇā pratipadi samāpteyaṁ || śrīviśvaraparṇam astu prasannostu || iti vaijalabhūpāla kṛtprabodhasya caṁdrikā tasyām eṣā samāptāṁ syā chchāyyā saṃdheṣvacaṇdrikā maheśvā[?] || pāṇinaye namaḥ || || graṃthasaṁkhyeyaṁ || 420 || samāpti sūcakāścāṣṭho 8 || 12 | 21 | 55 | 64 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 70 || prati caṃdrikā śloka gaṇaneyaṁ || pāṇinikātyāyanapatāñjalibhyo namaḥ idam arpaṇam api teṣām evāstu || maheśvarāyārpaṇam astu ca || karve ity upanāmnaḥ śrīgopīnāthasya pustakaṁ īyaṁ pudhavaraiḥ samyakavi cārya ca muhura muḍhuḥ || 2 || ||
Final rubric: F. 134v [f. 22v in original foliation]: || iti śabda śāstropayuktā prabodhacaṃdrikā ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24 cm.

Extent: 22 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder. Ruled in red ink. Scribe: Viṣṇu Jāīde.

History

Origin: saṃvat 1868 / 1811 CE.

Provenance

Formerly owned by Gopīnātha Karve.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 205, p. 193.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (9)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of Vararuci's Prayogavivekasaṃgraha in 25 verses.
1. ff. 136v-137v [ff. 1v-2v in original foliation]
Vararuci , Prayogavivekasaṃgraha
Rubric: F. 136v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrī gaṇādhipa tathe namaḥ ||
Colophon: F. 137v [f. 2v in original foliation]: iti śrī vararuci viracitaṃ kāracakraṃ samāptaṃ

The colophon, written in a different hand, calls the work the Kārakacakra, but this applies only to the first paṭala which ends after verse 7.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

12 × 27 cm.

Extent: 2 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin:

Not dated.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 223, p. 196.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (10)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of Vararuci's Samāsacakra.
1. ff. 139v-151v [ff. 1v-13v in original foliation)
Vararuci , Samāsacakra

This is the second paṭala, or verses 9-11, of the Prayogavivekasaṃgraha, together with a simple exposition and examples.

Rubric: F. 139v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ
Incipit: F. 139v [f. 1v in original foliation]: prayogas trividhaḥ || kartari prayogaḥ || karmaṇi prayogaḥ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

9 × 26 cm.

Extent: 13 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom-right margin, verso
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right corner, recto (added by Gambier-Parry, Thomas Thomas Gambier-Parry); this foliation starts with the first flyleaf).

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.

History

Origin:

Not dated.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscripts

    A Handlist of the Vyākaraṇa Manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere Collection Preserved in the Bodleian Library. Vācaspatyam: Pt. Vamanshastri Bhagwat Felicitation Volume., Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 225, p. 196.)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and existing descriptions.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Funding of Cataloguing

The cataloguing of this item was made possible through a benefaction from the late John P. Clay, founder and benefactor of the Clay Sanskrit Library.