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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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