MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 129
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.129(1)
Contents
PĀṆḌURAṄGAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Skanda Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols
Layout
14/16 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 629, p. 220
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 141
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.129(2)
Contents
PRETAKALPA, from the Garuḍa Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 56 fols
Layout
13 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1793
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 214, p. 84
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 153
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.129(3)
Contents
PRETAKALPA, from the Garuḍa Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 32 fols
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1883
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 219, p. 85
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 153
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.129(4) and (5)
Contents
BRAHMAVAIVARTA PURĀṆA: Gaṇapati Khaṇḍa. By three different hands.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 83 fols
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1877
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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 629, p. 220; no. 214, p. 84; no. 219, p. 85; no. 275, p. 101; no. 228, pp. 88-89