MS PUL Woolner 6597 (Tantraratna)


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6597
Catalogue No. 112  (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 137)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Mīmāṃsā

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition good  (slightly stained, badly damaged by insects)

Size in mm

Folio 268 x 117
Writing Area 220 x 75

Margin Lines

Type other  (four)
Colour
black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 11  (10 on later folios)
Akṣaras per Line 50  (45-55, less on later folios)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 44
Foliation (from Label) 44

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) 1200 granthas, adhyāya7
Extent (from Label) 1200 granthas, adhyāya 7  (also according to 1r)
Extent (from Personal Inspection) adhyāya 7 complete  (presumably)

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright  (bigger akṣaras on final folios)
No. of Hands one
Punctuation daṇḍas  (single and double)

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (only on folio 1v?)

Gaps and Fillers

Line Fillers filled  (with auspicious formula, daṇḍas and an akṣara similar to "cha")

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, upper left and lower right corner
Number of Hands one

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element rāma
Location verso, lower right corner, above foliation

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation taṃ. sa.
Location verso, upper left corner, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia  (in the present sample of digitized MS images)
Orpiment Yes

Further Special Features

Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Taṃtraratna
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 137) / PUL Label / Title Page or Title Folio (1r) / Concluding elements (43v,1)
   Note: 7th adhyāya
Uniform Title Tantraratna

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements
Text After Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Pārthasārathimiśra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 137) / PUL Label / Concluding elements (43v,1)
Uniform Name Pārthasārathi Miśra

Person Related to MS
Dākapila(t)ipothi
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r, nāgarī, black ink)
   Note: relation unclear
D(ā)vidyādhara
   Source: Concluding elements (postcolophon information)
   Note: possibly the previous owner; compare the postcolophon information in PUL W 6557 and 6593