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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 137

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.137(1)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA: Sārasaṅgraha, with anonymous commentary by pupil of Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk. I only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols

Layout

4/10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 172b

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.137(2)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary. Sk. Ii incomplete only

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 20 fols

Layout

8/10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 172b

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.137(3)

Contents

ḄHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk. III only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 145 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Jaina Devanagari

History

Origin: xvi cent.

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 331, p. 135
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 171

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.137(4)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with Bhāvārthadīpikā by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk. V only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 44 fols. (of which fol.1 is missing.) 11/

Layout

11/12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1519

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 337, p. 136
    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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 415, p. 159; no. 331, p. 135; no. 337, p. 136

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170; fol. 172b; fol. 171