MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 312
MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: paper
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(1)
Contents
BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, 1st Skanda
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 49 fols
Layout
10 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 312, p. 129
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(2)
Contents
ŚIVARĀTRIVRATA UDYĀPANA and KATHĀ. The latter from the Liṅga Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 19 fols
Layout
11/12 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1811
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 797, p. 271
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 277
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(3)
Contents
ANANTAVRATOKATHĀ and UDYĀPANA, from the Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 11 fols
Layout
10/13 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1813
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 663, pp. 238-239
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 7
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(4)
Contents
ṚṢIPAÑCAMĪKATHĀ, from the Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 10 fols
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 684, p. 243
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 31
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(5)
Contents
SAṂKA*SṬACATURTHĪKATHĀ, from the Nāradīya Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 9 fols
Layout
13/14 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 807, pp. 272-273
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 294
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(6)
Contents
VṚṢOTSARGAVIDHI, from the Nāradiya Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols
Layout
13/14 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1834
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 748, p. 258
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 256
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 127
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.31297)
Contents
SARAVAṆADVĀDAŚĪVRATAKATHĀ, from the Āditya Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols
Layout
8/9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1809
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 802, p. 272
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 284
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(8)
Contents
PAÑCAKAMARAṆAVIDHI, from the Garuḍa Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols
Layout
10 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 750, p. 258
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 131
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(9)
Contents
KĀŚĪTATTVAPRAKĀŚIKĀ
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols
Layout
11/14 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 46
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(10)
Contents
KĀŚĪMĀHĀTMYA, from the Pāt
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 37 fols. (of which fol. 5 is missing) 9/
Layout
9/12 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1794
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 597, p. 212
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 46
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(11)
Contents
KOKILĀVRATAKATHĀ
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols
Layout
10 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 720, p. 251
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 55
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.312(12)
Contents
KOKILĀVRATAVIDHI
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 6 fols
Layout
8/9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 721, pp. 251-252
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 55
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
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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. 312, p. 129; no. 797, p. 271; no. 663, pp. 238-239; no. 684, p. 243; no. 807, pp. 272-273; no. 748, p. 258; no. 802, p. 272; no. 750, p. 258; no. 597, p. 212; no. 720, p. 251; no. 721, pp. 251-252