A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian Manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere Collection in the Bodleian Library: Part III. Stotras (Paperback)

This third volume of the catalogue contains descriptive entries for over five hundred manuscripts of Sanskrit hymnic and devotional poems, running to nearly seven hundred separate compositions in manuscripts running from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. This important genre of classical Indian literature is valuable not only for its intrinsic poetic and aesthetic merits but also as a vital source of information for the history of Indian religion and its numerous traditions and affiliations. The collection includes works of famous devotional poets and philosophers as well as nearly two hundred compositions whose authors are unknown including some for which there are no other known available manuscripts in any other libraries. Professor Aithal is an internationally renowned expert in the field, and his descriptions include details of scribal and palaeographic features; his useful introduction outlines the literary genre and the principles of its classification.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Catalogue Chandra Shum Shere
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	September 1999
Authors:	K. Parameswara Aithal (Associate Professor of Sanskrit)
General editors:	Jonathan Katz (Consultant to the Oriental Department of the Bodleian Library)
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-951388-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-951388-0
Barcode:	9780199513888

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