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
Physical Description
11 × 24.5 cm.
Condition
Good condition.
Complete.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Corrections in yellow. Scribe: Rāmakṛṣṇa Dīkṣita
History
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 Mandal,, 1994, no. 71, p. 172; no. 157, p. 186.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (2)
Contents
[Title on f. 30r and curator's note in pencil on the front paste down read Avyayārthakārikā.]
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Fragmentary; only three leaves remaining.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Verse numbers highlighted in red powder.
History
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 manuscript
[unpublished manuscript], , (, )MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (3)
Contents
[Colophon calls the whole work Kārakacakra, but this properly applies only to the first paṭala which ends after verse 12.]
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete. F. 40v [f. 7v in original foliation] is left empty.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
History
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. 150, p. 185; no. 222, p. 195-6.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (4)
Contents
Physical Description
10 × 23 cm.
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
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. 25, p. 165.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (5)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
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
In colophon: Copied on Thursday 2 kṛṣṇapakṣa of Āṣāḍhasaṃvat 1879 ⟨1822 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. 26, p. 165-6.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d.235 (6)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
History
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
Physical Description
10 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black and red ink.
History
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
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder. Ruled in red ink. Scribe: Viṣṇu Jāīde.
History
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
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.
Physical Description
12 × 27 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
History
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
This is the second paṭala, or verses 9-11, of the Prayogavivekasaṃgraha, together with a simple exposition and examples.
Physical Description
9 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
History
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
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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.