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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 440

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.440(1)

Contents

MARU: Amaruśataka.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 29 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(2)

Contents

SOMANĀTHA ŚAKALAKALA: Anyoktaśataka.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 9

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(3)

Contents

GOVARDHANASAPTAŚATĪ, with vyākhyā by Gaṅgārāma. Fragment, fols. 18-44 of a much larger work.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 27 fols

Layout

17 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 71

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(4)

Contents

SUBHĀṢITAMUKTĀVALĪ.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 310

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(5)

Contents

PURUṢOTTAMA: Viṣ

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 27 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: c.1610.

Bibliography

    K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 542, p. 207
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 252

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(6)

Contents

KĀLĪDĀSA: Nalodaya.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 18 fols

Layout

7 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 117

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(7)

Contents

MAHĀMUDGALA BHAṬṬA: Rāmārya.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 9 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 296, p. 110
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 225

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.440(8)

Contents

Summary of Contents: MĀGHA: Śiśupālavadha, with Sandehaviṣauṣadhi by Vallabha. A made up MS., scraps and fragments with some text.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 60 fols

Layout

12 &c., lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 281

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:

    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. 542, p. 207; no. 296, p. 110

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 9; fol. 71; fol. 310; fol. 252; fol. 117; fol. 225; fol. 281