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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 578

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.578(1)

Contents

RĀMADEVA CIRAṂJĪVA alias Ciraṃjīva Bhaṭṭa: Vidvanmodataraṅginī

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 45 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1815

Bibliography

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

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.578(2)

Contents

ADHYĀTMACINTĀ

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 6

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.578(3)

Contents

SUREŚVARA ĀCĀRYA: Naiṣkarmasiddhi

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 53 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 128

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.578(4)

Contents

GARBHAGĪTĀ

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols

Layout

7 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 147, p. 53
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 62

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.578(5)

Contents

ŚAṄKARA ĀCĀRYA: Probodhasudhākara.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 14 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 149

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.578(6)

Contents

VIṢṆUTATTVANIRṆAYA, by a pupil of Ānandatirtha. Incomplete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 28 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 251

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.578(7)

Contents

'AṢṬĀVAKRA': Aṣṭāvakragītā, with a commentary by Viśveśvara.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 70 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 15

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. 147, p. 53

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 247; fol. 6; fol. 128; fol. 62; fol. 149; fol. 251; fol. 15