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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 360

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.360(1)

Contents

PUṆYĀNANDANURNIDRA: Kāmakalāvilāsa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 3 fols

Layout

10/11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1833

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(2)

Contents

Summary of Contents: PŪTAVIDHĀNA, includes extracts from the Brahmayāmala Tantra, the Mārkandeya Purāṇa and the Skanda Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 6 fols

Layout

12/13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1778

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 247
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 146

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(3)

Contents

UPĀṄGALALITĀPŪJĀ, from the Skanda Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 16 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 682, p. 243
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 29

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(4)

Contents

CAṆḌĪVIDHĀNA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 13 fols

Layout

8/9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1831

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 75

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(5)

Contents

DĪKṢĀVICĀRA, from the Yoginīhṛdaya of the Vāmakeśvaratantra.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 5 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 242b
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 108

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(6)

Contents

MĀTṚKĀNIGHAṆṬA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 5 fols

Layout

7 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

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

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(7)

Contents

MANTA RĀMĀYAṆA, with commentary by Nīlakanṭḥa?

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 38 fols

Layout

9/12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 201, p. 79
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 184

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(8)

Contents

TANTRARATNĀVLĪ. Unfinished.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 10 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 93

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(9)

Contents

KŪRMACAKRA(?). Unfinished,

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 2 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 51

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.360(10)

Contents

TRIKŪṬĀRAHASYA, from the Rudrayāmala Tantra.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 36 fols

Layout

8/12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1696

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 99b

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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