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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 347

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.347(1)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Śrīdhara. Skanda 1 only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 77 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1619

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 313, p. 129
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.347(2)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA, with commentary by Śrīdhara. Skanda 2 only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 52 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1620

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.347(3)

Contents

BHĀGAVATA PURĀṆA. Skanda 4 only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 53 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1528

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 333, p. 135
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 171

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 313, p. 129; no. 323, pp. 132-133; no. 333, p. 135

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 170; fol. 171