MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244
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. 244 (1)
Contents
Physical Description
12 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Daṇḍas in red ink. Corrections in yellow powder. Scribe: Śiva
Abbreviated marginal title on f. 1v, top left margin.
History
Provenance
Commissioned by Gosvāmin.
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. 171, p. 188.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (2)
Contents
Author's name is given as Varadabhaṭṭa.
GirvāṇapadamañjarīPhysical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
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. 211, p. 194.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (3)
Contents
Manuscript note in pen on f. 35r reads: "The work formerly in here called Prākṛtasaṃskṛta was not on grammar and has been removed.”
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (4)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 25 cm.
Condition
First folio is missing, with original foliation starting with 2.
In a 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. 240, p. 198; no. 23, p. 165.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (5)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Jainanāgarī in black ink. Ruled in red 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. 81, p. 174.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (6)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 24 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black and red ink. Highlighted in red powder.
Abbreviated marginal title on 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. 122, p. 181.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (7)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 23 cm.
Condition
Fol. 9 in original foliation is missing.
In good condition. Water damage on f. 83v [f. 12v in original foliation], but akṣaras are readable.
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. 210, p. 194.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (8)
Contents
The commentary is also known as Vaiyāghrabhūtikārikāvṛtti
Physical Description
10 × 25 cm.
Condition
Complete.
In good condition.
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.
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. 238, p. 198.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (9)
Contents
The commentary is also known as Vaiyāghrabhūtikārikāvṛtti
An unidentified sanskrit couplet.
Physical Description
11 × 25 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.
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. 238, p. 198.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (10)
Contents
Physical Description
11 × 26 cm.
Condition
Incomplete, with the text suddenly breaking off.
F. 105v, originally foliated as f. 13, is written in a different hand.
In good condition. Occassional water damage or ink smudges, with most akṣaras being readible.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
Abbreviated marginal title, bottom right margins, verso.
Marginal notes 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.
Bibliography
- 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. 209, p. 193-4.)
MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (11)
Contents
Title known from marginal initials "vā" and "vākyavā"
Physical Description
11 × 25 cm.
Condition
In good condition.
First manuscript section is incomplete.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Abbreviated title in the margin of the first manuscript item.
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. 24, p. 165.)MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 244 (12)
Contents
Physical Description
10 × 23 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)
Jainanāgarī in black ink. Highlighted in red powder.
Decoration
Marginal illustrations in black ink on f. 165v and 178. Drawstring miniatures in black and red ink on f. 183v and 190v.
Marginal notes and 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.
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. 28, p. 166.)Additional Information
Record Sources
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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.