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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 641

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.641(1)

Contents

VĪRASIṂHA DEVA: Vīrasiṃhāvaloka

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 100 fols. (of which fol. 1 is missing)

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1729

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 253

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.641(2)

Contents

MAṆIRĀMA DĪKṢITA, son of Gaṅgārāma Miśra, sonof Śivadatta Miśra son of Anupasiṃha Deva: Tithinirṇaya

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 53 fols

Layout

14 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 97

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.641(3)

Contents

ĀŚVALĀYANA: Āśvalāyana smṛti

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 66 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1653

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 24

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.641(3)a

Contents

KṚCCHRACĀNDRĀYANAVIDHI, from the Kāśīkhanda of the Skanda Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 3 fols

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1653

Bibliography

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

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.641(4)

Contents

REṆUDĪKṢITA: Agniṣṭomakārikā. Ends at v.421. Unfinished.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 17 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    K. Parameswara Aithal, Vedas, no. 570, p. 130
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 2

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 540, p. 194
    K. Parameswara Aithal, A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library, Part IV: Vedas, Jonathan Katz (editor), (Oxford, 2019), no. 570, p. 130

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 253; fol. 97; fol. 24; fol. 51; fol. 2