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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 138

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.138(1)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk. VII only. Seriously defective.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 55 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari Jaina

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 348, p. 139
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 171

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.138(2)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Srīdhara Svāmin. Sk. VIII only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 80 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: xvi cent

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 351, p. 140
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 171

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.138(3)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Ṡrīdhara Svāmin. Sk. X

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 111 fols

Layout

13/19 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: c.1800?

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 364, p. 145
    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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 348, p. 139; no. 351, p. 140; no. 364, p. 145

    Other descriptions:

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