MS PUL Woolner 6561


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6561
Catalogue No. 199  (Vol. II, p. 13)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Nyāya

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition good  (sides of folios 1 and 73 broken and brittle, the other folios are good but stained from moisture)

Size in mm

Folio 238 x 95
Writing Area 200 x 63

Margin Lines

Type double
Colour black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 10  (9-10)
Akṣaras per Line 43  (42-45)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 73
Foliation (from Label) 73  (leaf 33 blank)

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Label) 2200 granthas
Extent (from Personal Inspection) beginning and end colophon preserved

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one
Punctuation space, daṇḍas

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (sūtra text)
Other Emphasis secondary underlining  (blue colored crayon in end colophon)

Structural Elements

Other Structural Elements double daṇḍas and space  (colophons)

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 nyā.
Location verso, upper left corner, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia  (in the present sample)

Further Special Features


C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Navanyāyaratnākara (Gautamasūtravyākhyā)
   Source: PUL Label
   Note: added on front cover board: or Navakallola
Navanyāyaratnākara or Navakallola
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 13)
Navakallola, a Gautamasūtravyākhyāna to the Navanyāyaratnākara
   Source: Concluding elements (73v,2f.)

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Ṣimānaṃda
   Source: PUL Label / Concluding elements (73v,2)
Ṣimānanda
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 13)

Person Related to Author
Dīkṣitaraghunandana
   Relation to Author: Father
   Source: PUL Label / Concluding elements (73v,2)

Place
Iṣṭakāpura
   Place refers to: Other Place
   Source: Concluding elements (73v,2)
   Note: place where the author and/or his father lived

Times
saṃvat 1748
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Writing
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 13) / PUL Label / Concluding elements (73v,3)