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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 454

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.454(1)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Virāṭaparvan.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 93 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 24, p. 10
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.454(2)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Aśvamedhaparvan in Jaīmini's recension. Fragment only.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 91 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 143, p. 52
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 191

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.454(3)

Contents

NĀRĀYAṆA: Bhāratabhāvapradīpa on the Ādiparvan of the Mahābhārata.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 53 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 12, p. 5
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 187

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 24, p. 10; no. 143, p. 52; no. 12, p. 5

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 188; fol. 191; fol. 187