MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433
MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.
A composite manuscript containing twelve manuscript works on kāvya, bound together upon their arrival 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. 433 (1)
Contents
Physical Description
9 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Several folios highlighted in red powder and ruled in red ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left margin, verso.
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. 76, p. 173.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (2)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition. F. 31 is water damaged, with loss of some akṣaras.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left margin, verso.
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. 77, p. 173.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (3)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left margin, verso.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (4)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
A hole on bottom-left (recto) / top-left (verso) corner of all folios.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (5)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Many folios have damaged margins and considerable damage by worms.
Incomplete. In the first item, ff. 2, 20, 22, and 29 [original foliation] are missing. The original foliation runs until f. 27, which is followed by f. 25 again and continues to f. 28.
In the second item, there is a large correction in yellow pigment on f. 99r, resulting in the loss of some akṣaras.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. In the second part, daṇḍas written in red. Highlighted in red powder.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left margin, verso.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (6)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Frail margins on a few folios.
Incomplete.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (7)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Layout
Commentary layout: tripāṭha; mūla cited in full.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (8)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Layout
Commentary layout: tripāṭha; mūla cited in full.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left and bottom right margins, verso.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (9)
Contents
The colophon is written in a different hand, ink, and its foliation reads 31 [expected 41].
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
In good condition.
F. 147r [f. 23r in original foliation] left blank.
Missing ff. 4-6 and 18-19 [original foliation]. Last folio, f. 165r, is written in a different hand and its original foliation reads 31.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in brown ink. Corrections in yellow pigment.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left and bottom right margins, verso.
Marginal corrections and interlinear glosses in the same hand.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (10)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Layout
Commentary layout: tripāṭha; mūla cited in full.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red ink. Vertical margins lined in red ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left and bottom right margins, verso.
Marginal corrections and interlinear glosses in a different hand.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (11)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
In good condition.
Incomplete manuscript.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Marginal corrections in a different hand.
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.
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 433 (12)
Contents
Physical Description
F. 216 and 219 are written on thick, yellow paper.
9 × 26 cm.
Condition
In good condition.
Missing leaves. The Pañcaratna is missing three verses. The Ṣaḍratna is missing 4 verses, and the Navaratna is missing f. 1 with the first verse.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, top left and bottom right margins, verso.
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.
Additional Information
Record Sources
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.