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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 870

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.870(1)

Contents

PAÑCAKUṆḌI ANVĀDHĀNA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 2 fols

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 131

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(2)

Contents

SĀPIṆṢANIRṆAYA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 13 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 305

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(3)

Contents

AŚVATTHATARPAṆAVIDHI

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 3 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 14

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(4)

Contents

GHAṬṬOTSARGAPRAYOGA, from the Nandi, Varuṇa, Devī and Skandha Purāṇas.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 3 fols

Layout

14 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1811

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(5)

Contents

SAMAYAMAYŪKHA, from various law books and purāṇas.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 24 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 75

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(6)

Contents

GĀYATRĪVYĀKHYĀNA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 4 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 299

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(7)

Contents

NAVAGRAHAVEDOKTAMANTRANYĀSĀDI

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 7 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 9
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 63
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 119

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(9)

Contents

PŪRṆĀBHIŚEKHAPADDHATI

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 5 fols

Layout

8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 147

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(10)

Contents

ĀŚVALĀYANA(>): Gṛhyasūtra, with bhāṣya by Gadādhara, son of Vāmana. Defective.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 56 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 67

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(11)

Contents

'BAHUDHĀYANOKTA': Adbhutaśānti.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    K. Parameswara Aithal, Vedas, no. 102, p. 28
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 5

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(12)

Contents

ṚṢITARPANA. Incomplete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 9 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 31

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(13)

Contents

HEMĀDRI: Antyeṣṭihoma, from the Pariśesakhaṇḍa of the Caturvargacintāmaṇi.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 10 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.870(14)

Contents

UPĀKARMAPRAYOGA

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 5 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1690

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 29

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. 729, pp. 253-254
    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. 102, p. 28

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 131; fol. 305; fol. 14; fol. 75; fol. 299; fol. 9; fol. 63; fol. 119; fol. 237; fol. 147; fol. 67; fol. 5; fol. 31; fol. 29