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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 327

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.327(1)

Contents

VIṢṆU PURĀṆA, with Tātparyabodhinī. Amśa 5. Defective.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 48 fols

Layout

9/10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 483, p. 179
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 252

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.327(2)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, Sl.1, with Bhavārthadīpikā by Bābā Paṇḍita.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 9 fols

Layout

14 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 319, p. 131
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.327(3)

Contents

KĀRTIKAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Sanatkumārasaṃhitā

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 112 fols

Layout

7/11 and 10/11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1872

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 551, p. 198
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 41

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.327(4)

Contents

KĀLIKĀ PURĀṆA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 58 fols. (fols. 38 and 39 count as one folio) 8/

Layout

8/9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 205, p. 81
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 43

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 483, p. 179; no. 319, p. 131; no. 551, p. 198; no. 205, p. 81

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 252; fol. 170; fol. 41; fol. 43