A descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Government collection under the care of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
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- Type
- Descriptive catalogue
- Volumes
- several vols.
- Languages
- Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kashmiri, Marathi, Oriya, Prakrit, Sanskrit
- Collections
- Asiatic Society, Kolkata
- Sources
- Attested in:
- research by hand
- Biswas 1998 no. 0170
- Janert 1965 no. 51
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- Library of Congress (LCCN sa65004475)
- Open Library OL311332W
- Open Library OL33170536W
- NCC 1984 list, “RASB”
The DiCIM folder labelled for the Śāntarakṣita Library contains a 666-page copy of the Kāvya volume of this Asiatic Society series; it is therefore merged here rather than counted as a Sarnath catalogue.
Description (Biswas 1998)
119. Vol.II Vedic manuscripts. 1923. x, p.201-1455 p. mss. nos. 120-1845. Index. Vol.III Smrti manuscripts. 1925. lxxiv, 1066 p. Preface on Smrti works; mss. nos. 1846 - 3077; Additions p. 1046- 1049. Index. Vol.IV History and geography. 1923. vi, 123 p. Contents: history, nos. 3078 - 3091; geography and gazetteer, 3092-3095; geneology. 3096-3107; accounts of historical personages 3108-3113; stories of reforms and founders of religious sects, 3114-3132. Index. Vol.V Purāṇa manuscripts. 1928 ccxxix, 897 p. Preface on the Epics, Purāṇas and Samhitās. mss. nos. 3133-4212. Additions p. 885-886). Index. Vol.VI Vyākaraṇa manuscripts. 1931. cccxxxix, 521 p. Preface on Sanskrit grammar, mss. no. 4213 - 4944. (A) Vyākaraṇa nos. 4213-4628A (B) kosa or lexicon, mss. nos. 4629 - 4732 (C) chandas or metre mss. nos. 4733 - 4786 (D) Alankara or rhetoric mss. nos. 4787 -4944. Addenda p. 495 - 512. Works index. Vol.VII Kāvya manuscripts. 1934. xx, 653 p. mss. no. 4945 - 5803. Also contains Prakrit kavya mss. nos. 5793-5893. Index. Vol.VIII Tantra manuscripts / by Haraprasad Sastri; rev. and ed. by Chintaharan Chakravarti. 2 Pts. (iii, 892 p.) - Pt. I. 1939 mss. nos. 5804 - 6451; Pt.II. - 1940'nos. 6452 -6852. Addenda (p. 877 - 880). Index. Vol.IX [Pt.I] Bengali manuscripts / by Haraprasad Sastri; rev. and ed. by Jogendra Nath Gupta. 1941. ix, 433 p. Bengali mss. nos. 1-367; Hindi 368 - 383; Oriya, Kasmiri, Magi and Marathi nos. 384-445.Index. Vol.IX [Pt.II] Supplement: Bengali and Assamese manuscripts / by Haraprasad Sastri; rev. and ed. by Prafulla Chandra Pal. x, 116 p. mss. nos. 1-108. Index. Vol.X Astronomy manuscripts / by Haraprasad Sastri; rev. and ed. by Prabodh Chandra Sen Gupta - 2 Pts. (614 p.). Pt. I 1948 mss. nos. 7161 - 7411. General Index (p. 597-605). Editorial remarks (p. 607-614). Vol.XI: Philosophy / by Haraprasad Sastri; rev. and ed. by Narendra Chandra Vedantatirtha and Chintaharan Chakravarti 1957. xlix, 998 p. mss. nos. 7412 - 8882., Introduction on "Orthodox schools of Indian philosophy by Narendra Chandra Bhattacharya. Vol.XII Not yet published. Vol.XIII Jaina manuscripts (Sanskrit and Prakrit) / by Ajit Ranjan Bhattachrya. Fasc.I 1958 viii, v, 276 p. mss. nos. 1-164. Index by Satyaranjan Banerjee (p. 274-276).Fasc.II 1966 ii, ii, 277 - 291 p. mss. nos. 165-252. Vol.XIV Kāma-śāstra, vastu..., samgīta..., yuddha..., syaninika..., caturañga..., ratna... and caurya-śāstra / by Harprasad Sastri; rev. and ed. by Chintaharan Chakravarti. 1955 -ix, 62 p. mss. nos. 1-89. Index. Title varies: Vol.V - VII: A descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the collection of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol. VIII, X, XIII: A descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the collections of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol.IX: A descriptive catalogue of the vernacular manuscripts in the collections of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol.XIV: A descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the collection of the Asiatic Society. Description of about 9,225 Sanskrit and few Prakrit mss. and 553 vernacular mss. (Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Hindi, Marathi, etc.) with extracts and notes. Index.
From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0170, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.
Annotation (Janert 1965)
(Detailed descriptions, mostly with beg., endings and notes. Each vol. with separate indices; some vols. with important prefaces.) 1. 1917: Mss. 1-119, Buddhist Mss. (IX, 199 pp.), 2. 1923: Mss. 120-1845, Vedic (pp. I-X, 222-1455), 3. 1925: Mss. 1846-3077, Smrti (pp. I-LXXIV, 1-1066), - 0> 4. 1923: Mss. 3078-3132, History and Geography (VI, 123 pp.), 5. 1928: Mss. 3133--4212, Pura!J.a (CCXXVII, 897 pp.), v((i 931: Mss. 4213-4944 (& Add.), Vyakara!J.a (CCCXXXIX, 521 pp.), 7. 1934: Mss. 4945-5803, Kavya (XX, 653 pp.), 8, 1-2. 1939/40: Mss. 5804-6825, Tantra (Ill, 892 pp.), 9. 1941: Mss. 1-445, Bengali[, Hindi, UQ.iya etc.] Mss. (XI,433 pp.), 9, Suppl. 19.: Mss. 1-108, Bengali and Assam. Mss. (X, l l 6 pp.), v-"10, 1-2. 1945-48: Mss. 6826-7411, Astronomy (614pp.), 11. 1957: Mss. 7412-8882, Philosophy (XLIX, 998 pp.), 14. 1955: Mss. 1-89: Kama-.. - Caurya- Sastra (IX, 62 pp.).
From K. L. Janert, An Annotated Bibliography of the Catalogues of Indian Manuscripts (Wiesbaden, 1965), no. 51, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.