Catalogue of the Maharaja's Public Library
- Type
- Descriptive catalogue
- Volumes
- 3 vols., 1902–1920
- Languages
- Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu
- Collections
- Maharaja Public Library, Jaipur
- Online
- No online copy known
- Sources
- Attested in:
- Biswas 1998 no. 0430
- Janert 1965 no. 127
Description (Biswas 1998)
In addition to printed books also describes 25 Hindi and 94 Sanskrit mss. in V.2. Arabic, Persian and Urdu mss. are listed in v.3. Arranged by subject. Hindi and Sanskrit mss. were transferred to RORI, Jaipur branch in 1961-62 which were again described in a catalogue of R.O.R.I. Vol.II pt. C. (p. 182-203). Islamic mss. were also deposited in A.P.R.I., Tonk.
From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0430, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.
Annotation (Janert 1965)
(A classified alphabetical list of titles (with authors, mudrai}.a-sthana and -kala) of printed books and 199 Mss.; subject-arrangement according to the groups " S (1) [print.]jS(1)ms. " to " S (14) [print.] / S (14)ms.", and "T(bha�a) [print.]fT(bha�a)ms. ". The list begins on p. 1 with: Jayapuramaharajasa:qJ.sthapitasarvopakarakapustakalayasthasa:qJ.slqtabha�?agranthana:qJ. siicipatram. - The titles of each group are numbered.) (The India Office Library has a two-part Supplement with: [Part II], and: "Hindi 1916 Supplement" [= Part III] bound as one vol.: II with 39 numbered pages, Ill with 16 printed and 3 handwritten pages. There is no title-page but an exlibris: " Jaipur Library, founded 1866 by H. H. Maharaja Sewai Ram Singh Bhahadur, K. G. C. S. I.; No. -" The sequence of numbers in pts. II-III continues that of the separate groups in the first.)
From K. L. Janert, An Annotated Bibliography of the Catalogues of Indian Manuscripts (Wiesbaden, 1965), no. 127, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.