MS PUL Woolner 6915 (Nyāyasūtras)


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6915
Catalogue No. 259  (Vol. II, p. 17)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Nyāya

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition worn/brittle  (edges worn, MS stained, worm holes)

Size in mm

Folio 250 x 97
Writing Area 195 x 45

Margin Lines

Type double  (two double lines, hence actually fourfold)
Colour black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 8  (also 7)
Akṣaras per Line 50

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 13
Foliation (from Label) 13

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Label) complete  (remark on 1r, pencil, arabic: 200 granthas)
Extent (from Personal Inspection) MS contains initial invocation and end colophon; 84 prakaraṇas and 523 sūtras according to end colophon

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script
Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one
Punctuation daṇḍas  (single and double)

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (initial invocation and denotations of each prakaraṇa)

Structural Elements

Other Structural Elements double daṇḍas and space  (before and after denotations of each prakaraṇa)

Gaps and Fillers

Line Fillers filled  (with auspicious formula, akṣaras and daṇḍas)

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, lower right margin  (on 1v in the upper left margin too)
Number of Hands one

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Location none

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation nyā•sū
Location verso, upper left margin, above foliation  (only on 1v?)

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia

Further Special Features

Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Gautamasūtra[ vyākhyā ]
   Source: PUL Label
   Note: "vyākhyā" crossed out by the scribe of the label
Nyāyasūtra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, p. 17)
Gautamasūtravyā
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r, pencil, nāgarī)
Nyāyadarśanasūtras
   Source: Concluding elements (13r,3)
Uniform Title Nyāyasūtras

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Preliminaries
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Gotama
   Source: Concluding elements (13r,3)
Gautama
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 17)

Person Related to Author
Vācaspatimiśra Mithileśvarasūri
   Relation to Author: Other Relationships to the Author
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1v,1)
   Note: Editor of the Nyāyasūtras, see Preisendanz 1994, pp. 3-5 and Preisendanz 2005, p. 71