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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 56

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.56(1)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Vanaparvan. Nilakaṇṭha's commentary only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 66 fols

Layout

14/21 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 17, p. 8
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.56(2)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Virāṭaparvan. Two fragments.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 18 fols

Layout

16 lines (part i); 14 lnes (part ii)

Hand(s)

Jaina Devanagari

History

Origin: xvi cent

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 20, p. 9
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.56(3)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Virāṭaparvan

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 46 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 28, pp. 11-12
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.56(4)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Udyoga parvan. Defective

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 51 fols

Layout

11/14 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 30, p. 12
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 17, p. 8; no. 20, p. 9; no. 28, pp. 11-12; no. 30, p. 12

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188