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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 127

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.127(1)a

Contents

MALLĀRIMĀHĀTMYA, from the Ksetra Khaṇḍa of the Brhmāṇḍa Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 122 fols

Layout

6/7 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.127(1)b

Contents

MALLĀRISTUTI, from the Skanda Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols

Layout

7 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.127(1)c

Contents

MALLĀRIKAVACA, from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Ksetra Khanda

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.127(1)d

Contents

MALLĀRISTAVARĀJA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols

Layout

7 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.127(2)

Contents

NĀŚIKETOPĀKHYĀNA, from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 37 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 746, p. 258
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 123

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.127(3)

Contents

Summary of Contents: ADHYĀTMARĀMĀYAṆA, from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, with commentary Setu by Rāmavarman, son of Himmativarman. Bāla Kāṇḍa only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 82 fols

Layout

6/13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 285, pp. 104-105
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 6

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 636, pp. 222-223; no. 746, p. 258; no. 285, pp. 104-105

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185; fol. 123; fol. 6