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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 62

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.62(1)

Contents

MAhĀBHĀRATA: Śalyaparvan. Fragmentary.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 25 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 102, p. 36
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 190

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.62(2)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Ṡāntiparvan-Rājadharma. Defective.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 54 fols

Layout

11/13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 112, p. 39
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 191

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.62(3)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Śāntiparvan-āpaddharma. Defective

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 42 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 113, p. 39
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 190

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.62(4)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Śāntiparvan-Mokṣadharma. Imcomplete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 79 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 114, p. 39
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 191

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 102, p. 36; no. 112, p. 39; no. 113, p. 39; no. 114, p. 39

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 190; fol. 191