MS PUL Woolner 6544


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6544
Catalogue No. 117  (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 137)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Mīmāṃsā

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition
damaged  (badly worm eaten, left marginals and parts of main text lost; label also says: "damaged" and "worm eaten")

Size in mm

Folio 250 x 112
Writing Area 190 x 65

Margin Lines

Type other  (one to three, at least folio 1 without)
Colour black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 9  (last folio: 10 lines)
Akṣaras per Line 45

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 100  (this seems to be an approximate guess, since foliations 101 and 102 are visible in the sample)
Foliation (from Label) no data
Foliation (from Personal Inspection) folios in disorder

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) adhyāya 1, 1.
Extent (from Label) no data

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands two
Punctuation double daṇḍas

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (pratīkas)

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, lower right corner  (perhaps also upper left corner; uncertain from the present sample of photographs)
Further Features

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element uncertain from the present sample of images

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation rāma
Location verso, lower right corner
Further Features

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia  (in the present sample of three pages)
Orpiment Yes  (very frequent)

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Tantravārtikavyākhyā – Kāśikā
   Source: PUL Label
Taṃtravārtikavyākhyā (Kāśikā)
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, Appendix, p 137)

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Sucaritamiśra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 137) / PUL Label