MS. Chandra Shum Shere c. 99
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.99(1)b
Contents
BHĀGAVATAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Skanda Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1787
Bibliography
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 174
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.99(2)
Contents
KĀRTIKAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Padma Purāṇa. Incomplete.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 41 fols
Layout
8 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 240, p. 92
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.99(3)
Contents
BHĀGAVATAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Padma Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1822
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 247, p. 94
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 173
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.99(4)
Contents
MĀGHAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Vāyu Purāṇa. Defective.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 68 fols
Layout
9/12 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 640, p. 223
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 196
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.99(5)
Contents
PĀṆḌURAṄGAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Skanda Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 31 fols. (of which fol. 22 is missing)
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1812
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 628, p. 220
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 141
MS.Chandra Shum Shere c.99(7)
Contents
EKĀDAŚĪMĀHĀTMYA, from the Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa, adh. 21
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols. (of which fols. 2 and 3 are missing) 10/
Layout
10/11 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1831
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 271, p. 100
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 33
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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 202, pp. 79-80; no. 506, p. 185; no. 240, p. 92; no. 247, p. 94; no. 640, p. 223; no. 628, p. 220; no. 497, p. 183; no. 271, p. 100