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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 139

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.139(1)

Contents

BHAGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Ṡrīdhara Svāmin. Sk. Xi only. Slightly defective.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 139 fols

Layout

10/13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 405, p. 156
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 172

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.139(2)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Ṡrīdhara Svāmin. Sk. XII only. Incomplete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 28 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari Jaina

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 411, p. 158
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 172

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 405, p. 156; no. 411, p. 158

    Other descriptions:

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