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MS. Chandra Shum Shere e. 76

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere e.

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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 e.76(1)

Contents

GURUGĪTĀSTOTRA, from the Skandapurāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 12 fols

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    K. Parameswara Aithal, Stotras, no. 394, p. 144
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 66

MS.Chandra Shum Shere e.76(2)

Contents

LAKṢMĪVEṄKAṬEŚAMĀHĀTMYA, from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 74 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1796

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 649, p. 226
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 231

MS.Chandra Shum Shere e.76(3)

Contents

PRETAKALPA, from the Garuḍapurā

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 65 fols

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1751

Bibliography

MS.Chandra Shum Shere e.76(4)

Contents

PRAṆAVAKALPA, from the Vaiṣṇavasaṃhitā of the Skanda Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 34 fols

Layout

9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: c.1800

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 572, p. 203
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 148

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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:

    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. 394, p. 144
    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. 649, p. 226; no. 222, p. 86; no. 572, p. 203

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 66; fol. 231; fol. 148