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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 79-80

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere c.

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Contents

Summary of Contents: VĀLMĪKI: Rāmāayaṇa, with commentary Tattvadadīpikā by Maheśvara Tīrtha pupil of Nārāyaṇa Tīrtha. Kandas 1,2,4,6. Bound in 2 vols.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: paper
Extent: 359 fols

Layout

15/17 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1831

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 155, pp. 59-61

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 223