MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 342
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.342(1)
Contents
GAṆAPATIKAVACA, from the Gaṇeśapurāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 3 fols
Layout
7 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 212, p. 84
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 58
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(2)
Contents
GAṆEŚASTAVARĀJA, from the Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 12 fols
Layout
8 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: early xviii cent?
Bibliography
K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 3, pp. 2-3
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 59
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(3)
Contents
PRAṆAVAKALPA, from the Vaiṣṇavasaṃhitā of the Skanda Purāṇma.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 27 fols
Layout
8/10 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 573, p. 204
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 148
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(4)
Contents
KEDĀRAKALPA VIDHVĀNTA
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 45 fols. (fol. 14 replaced by two later folios) 10/
Layout
10/12 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
History
Origin: 1650
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(5)
Contents
DEVĪMĀHĀTMYA from the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. Also called Durgāmāhātmya and Saptaśatī.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 72 fols. (of which fols. 109 are missing)
Layout
7 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 434, p. 165
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 110b
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(6)
Contents
BHAGAVADAVATĀRAVARṆANA, from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 6 fols
Layout
8 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 761, p. 261
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 167
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(7)
Contents
MṚTYU-AṢTAKA from the Narasiṃha Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 2 fols
Layout
14 lines in all
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 251, pp. 95-96
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 205
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(8)
Contents
ARDHODAYAVRATA, from the Skanda Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 681, p. 243
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 14
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(9)
Contents
ĀTHARVANĪDAKṢIṆAMŪRTIPAÑJARA, from the Skanda Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 3 fols
Layout
11 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 163, p. 60
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 102
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(10)
Contents
DAKṢIṆĀMŪRTIKAVACA, from the 88th adh. of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols
Layout
10 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 164, p. 61
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 102
MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.342(11)
Contents
KĀṆVAŚĀKHĀMĀHĀTMYA. Incomplete.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols. (of which fol. 19 is missing)
Layout
7 lines
Hand(s)
Devanagari
Bibliography
Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 594, p. 211
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 34
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 37b
Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 38
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. 212, p. 84; no. 573, p. 204; no. 434, p. 165; no. 761, p. 261; no. 681, p. 243; no. 594, p. 211
K. Parameswara Aithal, A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library, Part III: Stotras, Jonathan Katz (editor), (Oxford, 1999), no. 3, pp. 2-3; no. 251, pp. 95-96; no. 163, p. 60; no. 164, p. 61