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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 151

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.151(1)

Contents

KAMALĀKARAŚARMAN: Mantratantra. Incomplete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 64 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 306
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 183

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.151(2)

Contents

MAHĪDHARA: Mantramadhodadhi

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 44 fols

Layout

19-22 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1687

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 183

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.151(3)

Contents

KAMALĀKARAŚARMAN: Śatacaṇḍīridhāna

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.151(4)

Contents

DURGĀKAVACA, with commentary by Nilakaṇṭha Bhaṭṭa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1880

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 456, pp. 171-172
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 108
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 110b

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.151(5)

Contents

JÑĀNĀRṆAVARNITYĀTANTRA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 75 fols

Layout

11-13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 87

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 456, pp. 171-172

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 306; fol. 183; fol. 108; fol. 110b; fol. 87