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Collection Area Oriental Manuscripts Language Gujarati Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add 26374

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Add 26374
Title:
Laghu-Kṣetrasamāsa by Ratnaśekhara with Pārśvacandra's Tabo
Scope & Content:
Laghu-Kṣetrasamāsa by Ratnaśekhara with Pārśvacandra's Ṭabo. Classic work on Jain cosmology in Prakrit (265 vss.) with explanation in Gujarati.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Prakrit
Date Range:
1769
Extent:

Paper. Poṭhi bound in volume. Folios 10-11-12 and 41-42 bound in wrong sequence. 30 x 12 cm; 22 x 11 cm. Lines: 4(m), ca. 18(ṭ), interlinear. Folios 10-11-12 and 41-42 bound in wrong sequence. Illustrated. Good condition.

2. IO Islamic 3666

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IO Islamic 3666
Title:
Masnavi-'i ma'navi, book IV
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Persian
Date Range:
1674
Extent:
142 ff.

3. IO Islamic 3667

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3667
Title:
Masnavi-'i ma'navi, book VI
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Persian
Date Range:
1674
Extent:
181 ff.

4. IO Islamic 4643

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4643
Title:
Brief diary, 1816-17
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Persian
Date Range:
1817-1899
Extent:
10 ff.

5. MSS Avestan 2

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MSS Avestan 2
Title:
Vīdevdād sādah
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Vīdevdād sādah by Mobed Rustam Bahram Darab Sorab Manak Peshotan Sanjana descended from Naryosang Dhaval, dated at Surat in the year 1129 of the Yazdagird era (1759 AD). The colophons in Pahlavi, Persian and Gujarati (f. 348r onwards) also mention that owner was Mobed-born Mobed Na...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1759
Extent:

349+iii folios. Ff. 346 and 347 are misplaced in the binding and should follow f. 349. Ff. 346v-347v blank.

6. MSS Avestan 3

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MSS Avestan 3
Title:
Vīdevdād sādah
Scope & Content:
The Vīdevdād sādah copied according to notes in Persian and Gujarati on f. 1r by the learned Dastur Darab, the teacher of Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805) between 1758 and 1760. The copy is without a colophon but presumably dates from the mid-18th century. The manuscript has been rebound in its ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

ii+303+iv folios

7. Mss Avestan 5

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Mss Avestan 5
Title:
Vīdevdād sādah and Vishtāsp Yasht
Scope & Content:
Vīdevdād sādah and Vishtāsp Yasht completed on the 5th day of the 10th month of 1161 of the Yazdagird era (1792 A.D) and copied by Ervad Rustam Darab Framroz Minuchihr Kershaspji Pavri at Bombay. Contents: Vishtāsp Yasht (ff. 1r-4v): in a very small hand, 46-54 lines per page. Vīdevdād sādah (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1792
Extent:

iii+401+xi folios

8. Mss Avestan 6

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Mss Avestan 6
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
Yasna sādah, copied in Bharuch, Gujarat, by Herbad Rustam Bahram Ardashir Nushirvan on 22 Rabiʿ I, 1152 corresponding to the day Srosh of the month Dah 1110 of the Yazdagird era (29 June 1739 - although the two dates don't correspond). Interlinear glosses in Persian, generally in the margin.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1741
Extent:

iii+196+iii folios

9. MSS Avestan 8

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 8
Title:
Rivāyat of Kāmdīn Shāpūr
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Rivāyat of Kāmdīn Shāpūr in Persian but in Avestan script, containing instructions on ritual matters sent from Iran to the Parsis of India, completed according to the Persian colophon (f. 137r) in Nawsari, Gujarat, on the day Aban in the month Day 1020 of the Yazdagird era (1652) b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Persian
Date Range:
1652
Extent:

154 folios

10. MSS Avestan 9

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 9
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Khordah Avesta (‘little Avesta’) which includes the introductory prayers, five Nyayish, the Hormazd yasht, Patets, Nerangs, three Afrinagan (Dahman, Ardafravash, and Gahanbar); and Pazand and Sanskrit Ashirvads. Gujarati version in in Devanagari upturned script. No colophon, but the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Gujarati
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

214 folios