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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 105

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere c.

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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 c.105(1)

Contents

Summary of Contents: BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with Bhāgavata Sārārthadarśinī by Viśvanātha Cakravartin. Sk.X adh.1-13.61 only. Incomplete

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 127 fols

Layout

10/13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 369, p. 147
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 172

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.105(2)

Contents

Summary of Contents: BHĀGAVATĀRTHASAṄGRAHA: 'Nibandhokti by Puruṣottama Bhaṭṭa. A summary of the contents of all twelve Skandhas.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 52 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1831

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.105(3)

Contents

Summary of Contents: BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with Saṃketārtha-prakāśīkā, a summary of the contents of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa by Jīvānanda Bhaṭṭa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 60 fols

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 414, p. 159
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 173

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 369, p. 147; no. 413, pp. 158-159; no. 414, p. 159

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 172; fol. 174; fol. 173