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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 864

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.864(1)

Contents

KĀŚĪTATTVA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 5 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1747

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 698, pp. 246-247
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 33b
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 45

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.864(2)

Contents

RAGHUPATICARAṆAMAYŪKHAMAÑJARĪ. Incomplete and unfinished.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 18 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 215

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.864(3)

Contents

MŪKA KAVI SARVABHAUMA: Kaṭākṣaśataka, part of a set of 5 poems called Mūkapañcaśat.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 22 fols

Layout

5 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.864(4)

Contents

ṢAḌṚTUVARṆANA. Incomplete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 16 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 292

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.864(5)

Contents

PADYAMĀLĀ

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 77 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 137

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 698, pp. 246-247
    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. 22, p. 12

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 33b; fol. 45; fol. 215; fol. 292; fol. 137