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MS. Chandra Shum Shere f. 29

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere f.

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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 f.29(1)

Contents

ANANTARĀYAṆA: Durgāvyākhyā

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 15 fols. (of which fol. 7 is missing)

Layout

11 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 455, p. 171
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 109

MS.Chandra Shum Shere f.29(2a)

Contents

SUMUKHIKAVACA, from the Guhyakālītantra.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

MS.Chandra Shum Shere f.29(2b)

Contents

BĀLĀKAVACA, from the Rudrayāmala tantra.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 8 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 157

MS.Chandra Shum Shere f.29(3)

Contents

SAUBHĀGYAKAVACA, from the Vāmakeśvaratantra, pat. 33

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 10 fols

Layout

6 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 315

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Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.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. 455, p. 171

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 109; fol. 157; fol. 311; fol. 315