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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 827

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.

A composite manuscript containing three works on vyākaraṇa, individually folliated and bound together in the Bodleian Library.

Physical Description

Binding

Early 20th-century light 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. 827 (1)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript containing the Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī of Varadarāja.
Ff. 3v-40v [ff. 1v-38v in original foliation]
Varadarāja , Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī
Rubric: F. 3v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Incipit: F. 3v [f. 1v in original foliation]: natvā varadarāja śrīgurū bhaṭṭoji dikṣitān ||
Colophon: F. 40v [f. 38v in original foliation]: iti śrī caviṭi kaṃṭi varadarāviraciyāṃtā madhyasidhāṃtad[?]āṁ kaumudyāṁ subaṃ taṃ samāptaṁ || || śrī lakṣmī nārāyaṇa prasabho bhava || cha || saṃvat 1887 minā[?] āśvina vadya 13 rahaṁ pustakaṁ samāptaṁ || herev || hegajana || hesāṁva
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24 cm.

Extent: 38 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. Corrections in yellow pigment.

Decoration

On F. 40v [f. 38v in original foliation], a line drawing of Varāha.

History

Origin: saṃvat 1887 / 1830 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. 217, p. 195.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 827 (2)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript containing the Yaṅluṅrūpāṇi of Varadarāja. The work gives the forms of laṭ, liṭ, luṭ, lṛṭ, loṭ, laṅ, liṅ, luṅ, and lṛṅ for 35 dhātus.
Ff. 42v-56v [ff.1v-15v in original foliation]
Varadarāja

Author's name given in colophon as Varadarājabhaṭṭa.

Yaṅluṅrūpāṇi
Rubric: F. 42v [f. 1v in original foliation]: śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ
Incipit: F. 42v [f. 1v in original foliation]: yaṅ luṅ te siddhaṁ ta kaumudyāṁ yānaṁ todhātavaḥ saṁti teṣāṁ rūpāṇi likhyate
Colophon: F. 56v [f. 15v in original foliation]: iti śrī varadarājabhaṭṭaniṇa[?]tāni yāṅluṅrūpāṇi samāptāni śrī kṛṣṇārpaṇam astu śrī rāmacaṃdrajataraṃ jitaviśvadīnaṁ saṁsāra aṃbaranidhausakuṭuṃbamīne magnaṁ samugra viṣayoragabhīṣaṃesmi bhūpālapālaya kṛpālaya dīnabhaṃdho 1
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 25 cm.

Extent: 15 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

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.ṣ, Wujastyk, D. (Pune, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, 1994, no. 220, p. 195.)

MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 827 (3)

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript containing the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī of Ḍhuṇḍirāja.
Ff. 58-71v [ff.5v-18v in original foliation)
Ḍhuṇḍirāja

Author's name given in colophon as Ḍhuṇḍikavīśvara, son of Śrī Raṅgabhaṭṭa.

Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī
Incipit: F. 58r [f. 5r in original foliation]: śe eva jātaṁ || mama pitur api janma tatraiva jātaṁ || āvābhyāṃ || tatraivābhyāṃ || tatraivādhītaṁ ||
Colophon: F. 71v [f. 18v in original foliation]: iti gīrvāṇapadamaṁjarī samāptā || cha || śake 1732 pramodanām saṃvatsare || saṃvat 1867 vṛṣanāṃasaṃvattsare || poṣa śukla catudaśyāṁ bhaume || taddinīmodye ity upāmakanāśayaṇa jyotiṣya sanunādaṃdi rājena lirivataṁhanirī[...] śrīharihara || jāvavaṇamadhye
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11 × 24 cm.

Extent: 13 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

Missing first four leaves.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Daṇḍas and ruling in red ink.

History

Origin: śake 1732 / saṃvat 1867 / 1810 CE.

In colophon: śake 1732 pramodanām saṃvatsare || saṃvat 1867 vṛṣanāṃasaṃvattsare || [...].

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. 70, p. 172.)

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.