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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 317

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.

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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 d.317(1)

Contents

MĀGHAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Padma Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 122 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 258, p. 97
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 196

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.317(3)

Contents

MĀGHAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Padma Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 55 fols. (of which fols. 39-42 are missing)

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1660

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 256, p. 96
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 196

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.317(4)

Contents

MĀGHAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Uttara khaṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 69 fols

Layout

10/11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1788

Bibliography

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 258, p. 97; no. 259, p. 97; no. 256, p. 96; no. 257, pp. 96-97

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 196