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MS. Chandra Shum Shere b. 42

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.42(1)

Contents

BRAHMAGĪTĀ, from the Yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍa of the Sūrasaṃhitā of the Skanda Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 134 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1807

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 562, p. 201
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 161

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.42(2)

Contents

HARIṠCANDROPĀKHYĀNA, from the Padma Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 30 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1671

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.42(3)

Contents

DEVĪMĀHĀTMYA, from the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (called here Safrtasatī). With commentary 'Nepali bhasa tika'

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 46 fols

Layout

16 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 454, p. 171
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 111

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 562, p. 201; no. 824, p. 277; no. 454, p. 171

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 161; fol. 111