Catalogue of the Bengali and Assamese manuscripts in the Library of the India Office / by James Fuller Blumhardt.

  • Great Britain. India Office. Library
Date:
1924
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Bengali and Assamese manuscripts in the Library of the India Office / by James Fuller Blumhardt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    22/38 page 10
    Chaitanya-charitamrita. Another copy, in 3 volumes, with the same date of composition as in the preceding manu- scripts. Saka 1645 (A.D. 1723) is written as the date of copy, but this appears to have been the date of an earlier manuscript from which this copy was made. ity S. 2859,—Foll. 117; 43 x 133in.; 1.10; 18th century. [ LEYDEN. | Chaitanya-charitamrita. Another copy of the Madhya-khanda, extending only as far as the end of the 17th chapter and the first few lines of the 18th chapter. 1S? S. 3258.—Foll.79; 43 x 1l?in.; ll. 13 and 14; damp-stained ; 18th century. Chaitanya-charitamrita. Another copy of the Antya-khanda, concluding with several Sanskrit stanzas, and the date of composition of the work. 13. S. 2314 a.—Foll. 42; 5x 123in.; Il. 12; ¢. 18th century. [R. Jounson. | Chaitanya-charitamrita. Another copy of Antya-khanda, chapters 1-5, and Madhya-khanda, chapters 1 and 2, with an unfinished part of the 3rd chapter. 14. S. 2314 e.—Foll. 8 (numbered 34-28); 5x11} in. ; ll. 12; c. 18th century. [R. Jonnson. | AVTSHAT Pashanda-dalana. A Vaishnava poem on the worship of Krishna as the sole means of salvation. By Krishna Dasa. Begins. @Qetreqyvaytzays Blew Caeaiy aul AraaeS | qiai aT efter aife fawraete | cy oy Bias Wie BBilaifa SIs | FROVS FRAT AW APTA Il The author appears to be the same as Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Gosvami who wrote the Chaitanya- charitamrita (no. 8). The work consists of Sanskrit quotations from the Bhagavata and other Puranas, with explanations in Bengali verse. It has been frequently published with nine other Vaishnava poems, collectively entitled Bhakti-tattva-sara. The present copy differs considerably from the printed editions. The quotations are not always the same, and the Bengali verses are altered. The copy —called Part ii—extends as far as verse 47 of the printed edition, and ends with the Sanskrit Sloka in verse 48, wtays cre ale tee fotenica | Tiki Tie mit Ber for yoaisace | asigal a Uh CHE SHOR | ial Ais] rr ged Glare 7 II wSUtie | sfayera Your stae as forgets Tei | awit afrenicay Camcat ASSIVeAS | Sfe Hu ATs || Mhrewaae seCeraty ATS | 15. S. 2403 a.—Foll. 10; 31x 7} in. ; century. 1. 8; ¢, 18th [R. Jounson. ] Cpearegnia Chaitanya-tattva-sara. An anonymous poem in praise of Chaitanya, who is described as an incarnation of Krishna, sent on earth as a Vaishnava reformer and teacher.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3