MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241
MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.
A composite manuscript containing twelve manuscript works on vyākaraṇa, 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. 241 (1)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 26 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. 174, p. 188.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (2)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
In good condition.
Incomplete, the last folio missing.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
Marginal notes in different hand.
Corrections in yellow pigment.
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. 194, p. 191.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (3)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete manuscript.
Left margin of the manuscript is damaged, with loss of some akṣaras and foliation. Conserved.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, bottom-right 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. 159, p. 186.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (4)
Contents
In different hand, the colophon continues: "3076 405 ||"
Physical Description
11 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Daṇḍas and marginal notes in red ink.
Abbreviated marginal title, bottom-right margin, verso.
Marginal and interlinear note in red ink on ff. 55r-56v [ff. 1v-2r in original foliation].
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. 233, p. 197.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (5)
Contents
F. 100r [f. 21r in original foliation]: [After the colophon proper, there is a note in a different hand reading:] dhyeyaḥ kalpadrumonāmadhātupāṭho yaṁ viṣṇudevasya
Physical Description
12 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition. Torn, but restored margins on a few leaves.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Interlinear notes in red ink. Highlighted in red powder. Scribe: Harisaṃkara
Marginal notes in black in.
Interlinear notes in red ink on ff. 81r-94r [ff. 2r-15v in original foliation].
Three inscriptions on the final flyleaf in three different hands: "heraṃba", "dhanaśyāmamiśreṇākrītam 3", and "kavikalpadrumapustakamadovighudevasya"
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. 235, p. 197.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (6)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 26 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
Corrections in yellow pigment.
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. 241 (7)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red ink. Scribe: Gopīnātha
The flyleaf [f. 114r, f. 1r in original foliation] reads: || || dhātupāṭhauṇādisūtrasyedam idaṃ pustakam || patrasaṃkhyā 32 || ||
Abbreviated marginal title, top-left and bottom-tight 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.
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. 154, p. 185; n. 21, p. 165.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (8)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder. Scribe: Rāmakṛṣṇa Dīkṣita
Abbreviated marginal title, top-left and bottom-right 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.
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. 158, p. 186.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (9)
Contents
Physical Description
10 × 24 cm.
F. 170r is bound reversed.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
Abbreviated marginal title, top-left and top-right margin, verso.
Marginal notes and scribbles in black ink.
Spilled ink on ff. 169v-170r [ff. 2v-3r in original foliation].
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. 179, p. 189.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (10)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Incomplete. First folio missing in the second item.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. 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.
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. 186, p. 190.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (11)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
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.
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. 226, p. 196.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 241 (12)
Contents
Physical Description
9 × 22 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
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. 175, p. 188.)Additional Information
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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.