MS Delhi NAI Collection 1 Vol. No. 5

Manuscript

ID: 109026

Works contained:

Located in: Delhi

Stored in: National Archives of India, Delhi

Shelfmark: 352 (Sanskrit Manuscripts list 212 manuscripts)

Accession number: Vol. No. 5

Currently collected in (Collection): Maharaja Harisingh Collection

Serial number: 13

Other number: Accession No. in Harisingh's Library: 112, Serial No in Kak and Sasrti's Catalogue: 5

Microfilm copy: Reel No. 78 Accession No. 16614

Script: Sarada

Material: Birch bark

Condition: Poor

Physical completeness: Incomplete

Number of folios: 200

Lines per page: 19

Sheet dimensions: 10 ³⁄₈ × 8 ¹⁄₂ inch

More facts:

Extent: 19-24 syllables per line
The manuscript is kept in section R-I of NAI

Story:

The NAI staff in Delhi told Varsha Patel on May 13, 2022 that this manuscript has been sent for repair.

More info:

According to the description given in the Descriptive Catalogue, the manuscript is utterly decayed and very old. First 63 folios are lost and some part at the end are lost as well. There are more or less 200 folios which are not broken or torn.

The entire collection of Maharaja Hari Singh's private library was moved to the National Archives of India, Delhi. There is a (very poorly made) handlist of the manuscripts on the website of National Archives of India, Delhi. But there is also a new Descriptive Catalogue of this collection by Lokesh Chandra, first published in 2011 and reprinted in 2019.

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