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MS. Chandra Shum Shere b. 37

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere b.

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Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: paper

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.37(1)

Contents

Summary of Contents: BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA: sk.1 only, with commentary by 'Srīdhara Svāmin. the first two leaves, however, belong to Sk.2. Sk.1 proper begins at fol.7

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 59 fols

Layout

14 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 316, p. 130
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 169b
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.37(2)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀNA, with commentary by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk. 2 only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 46 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1645

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 324, p. 133
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.37(3)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk.4 only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 97 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1571

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 334, p. 135
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 171

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.37(4)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk.5 only

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 83 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1711

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 338, p. 137
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 171

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    John Brockington, A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Epics and Purāṇas, Jonathan Katz (editor), (Oxford, 1999), no. 316, p. 130; no. 324, p. 133; no. 334, p. 135; no. 338, p. 137

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 169b; fol. 170; fol. 171