[INDOLOGY] Looking for the Shamsher Manuscript…

[Westin Harris]

Dear Guy, Samuel, and Péter-Dániel,

Thank you all very much for your help.

I've requested a PDF scan of chapter 7 from the Isaacson & Sferra book via
worldcat. I am also currently conducting research in Kathmandu, so I will
see if the MS/microfilm is still available directly from the Kaiser
Library. Thank you Péter-Dániel for this lead.

For the sake of thoroughness, I will also follow up with the University of
Calgary Library, as it appears they too have some or all of the IASWR
collection. Thank you Guy St Amant and Samuel Grimes for this suggestion.

Mangalam.

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 1:10 PM Péter-Dániel Szántó <
szantopeterdaniel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Westin,
>
> Please see pp. 421-430 in Harunaga Isaacson & Francesco Sferra. 2014. *The
> Sekanirdeśa of Maitreyanātha (Advayavajra) with the Sekanirdeśapañjikā of
> Rāmapāla. Critical Edition of the Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts with English
> Translation and Reproductions of the MSS*. Manuscripta Buddhica 2.
> Hamburg: Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg & Napoli: Università
> degli studi di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’.
>
> These pages contain a re-edition, translation, and a reproduction of the
> ms. (Kaiser Library 142, b/w but very legible).
>
> Best wishes,
> Peter
>
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 00:22, Westin Harris via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Indologists,
>>
>> Happy new year.
>>
>> Does anyone know where the microfilm of the so-called Shamsher Manuscript
>> (alternative titles: Sham Shere Manuscript, Amansikārakrama, or
>> Amanasikārāmnaya) is presently held?
>>
>> Citations in secondary sources suggest that it was originally catalogued
>> as MB II-144 in the collection of the now-defunct Institute for the
>> Advanced Study of World Religions at Stony Brook University, NY. The
>> librarian at Stony Brook said the IASWR collection was donated to the Woo
>> Ju Memorial Library in the early 1990s. In turn, the representative of the
>> Woo Ju library said that they transferred the IASWR collection to UVA in
>> 2006. However, the librarian at UVA came up empty handed.
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can find the original microfilm? Or better yet,
>> does anyone have a PDF of the original MS that they can share? I already
>> have access to at least three different editions (Tucci, Levi, and Pandey),
>> but I wish to examine scans of the original MS itself.
>>
>> I have searched worldcat using several titles and keywords but I have had
>> no luck.
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> *Sincerely,*
>>
>> *Westin Harris*
>> Ph.D. Candidate
>> Study of Religion
>> University of California, Davis
>> https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris
>>
>> 2021 Dissertation Fellow,
>> The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
>>
>> Sarva Mangalam.
>>
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-- 
*Sincerely,*

*Westin Harris*
Ph.D. Candidate
Study of Religion
University of California, Davis
https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris

2021 Dissertation Fellow,
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies

Sarva Mangalam.
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