MS PUL Woolner 6804


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6804
Catalogue No. 846  (Vol. II, Appendix to Vol. I, p. 51)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Mīmāṃsā

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition worn/brittle  (first and last folios worn, brittle, broken, text rubbed off)

Size in mm

Folio 255 x 103
Writing Area 195 x 48

Margin Lines

Type double  (two double lines, hence actually fourfold)
Colour black  (filled with red on 1v)

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 8  (7-9)
Akṣaras per Line 46  (42-50)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 59  (leaves 33-35 missing)
Foliation (from Label) 59  ([number 60 stroke out] leaves 33-35 missing)

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) incomplete
Extent (from Label) adhyāya 12  (cover; introductory lines, however, speak of adhyāya 11, end colophon of adhyāya 12, pāda 4)
Extent (from Personal Inspection) beginning and end of MS preserved; 1250 granthas according to lower margin of 59r; according to colophon up to adhyāya 12, pāda 4

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright  (very neat block letters, most śirolekhās separated from each other)
No. of Hands one
Punctuation daṇḍas  (single and double)

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (single akṣaras)
Other Emphasis rubrication  (of initial invocation)

Structural Elements

Other Structural Elements highlighted double daṇḍas

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, upper left and lower right corner  (also on the last recto, because the text ends there)
Number of Hands one
Further Features

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element rāma
Location verso, lower right margin, above foliation

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation śā. 11 / śā. 12  (denoting text title and respective adhyāya)
Location verso, upper left margin, above foliation

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
Śāstradīpikā
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, Appendix, p. 51) / PUL Label / Title Page or Title Folio (1r, blue colored crayon, nāgarī) / Concluding elements (59r,8)

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. II, Appendix, p. 51) / PUL Label
Uniform Name Pārthasārathi Miśra

Person Related to MS
Raghūkāya, son of S(v)aha(r)ī
   Relation to Manuscript: Scribe
   Source: Concluding elements (59r,8)
   Note: rubbed and not clearly legible

Place
Kāśī
   Source: Concluding elements (59r,8f.)
   Note: place of scribe

Times
saṃvat 1649 samaye āṣāḍha sudi 11e.
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Writing
   Source: Concluding elements (59r,8)
saṃ. 1649
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, Appendix, p. 51) / PUL Label
1648
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r, pencil, arabic)