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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 87

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.87(1)

Contents

ADHYĀTMA RĀMĀYAṆA, from the Uttara Khaṇḍa of the Brāhmāṇḍa Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 118 fols

Layout

13/18 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.87(2)

Contents

RĀMAGĪTĀ, from the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa, with commentary Adhyātmarāmāyaṇaprakāsa by Haribhāskara

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 11 fols

Layout

19 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1863

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 300, p. 109
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 220

MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.87(3)

Contents

RĀMAGĪTĀ, from the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa, with commentary in Hindi.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 23 fols

Layout

7.11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1843

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 301, p. 109
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 220

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 282, pp. 103-104; no. 300, p. 109; no. 301, p. 109

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 220