Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues

Author(s): Subhash C Bishwas, M K Prajapati
Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers

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Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues
"Other inss. purchased by me in Nepal are in the collection of the British Museum, the German Oriental society at Halle, the University Library of Berlin, the University Library of St. Petersburg and the library of the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. The whole number of these is however, comparatively small." - D.W. (p. 316). "The work translated is the Vansavali or geneological history of Nepal, according to Buddhist recension. The original mss. written in Parbatiya with an admixture of Sanskrit and Newari, is in the possession of professor Cowell"- Preface.
Location: ASB, ASC, ASI, BHUL, BORI, BUL, CAUL, CIHTS, CSL, CUL, DCPRI, DUL, IAIC, IGNCA, KUL, NL.
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-Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge: with introduction notices and illustrations of the paleography and chronology of Nepal and Bengal / by Cecil Bendall. Cambridge: University Press, 1883. lvi, 225 p.
Description of 1088 (mss. 865-1952] Sanskrit mss. with extracts and notes. Arranged according to serial number. Indices.
Location: ALRC, ASB, ASC, ASI, BL, BLOU, CAUL, IFI, NUDS, NL, OIB. SPKB, SSUL.
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-A journey of literary and archaeological research in Nepal and northern India during the winter of 1884-5 / by Cecil Bendall. Cambridge: University Press, 1886. 100, 32 p.; 16 + 2 plates
Contents: Pt.1 Archaeological and general report (p.1-38). Pt.II Lists of mss. with notes (p. 39-67): 1. Classified lists of (212)
mss. personally collected by Bendall and a rough list of (294 mss.) from Bombay (purchased from Bhagwandas): 2. Notes on particular mss. acrquired [1. Nepal. 2. Benares, Rajaputana etc.]: 3. Notes on [7 mss.] in private possession. Appendices (p. 69-96): 1. [9] inscriptions; II. Rough list of (about 2151 mss. in the Jain mandir at Ramghat, Benares.; III. Revised tables of Kings of Nepal with addenda to catalogue and notices of criticism thereon. Index. (p. 97-100) The mss. are housed
in the Cambridge University Library. Location: ASI, BVB, CSL, KU, NA, NL, RJUL. -Notes on a collection of mss. obtained by G.H. Gimlette of the Bengal Medical Services at Kathmandu and now deposited in the Cambridge University Library and in the British Museum / by Cecil Bendall.
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