MS PUL Woolner 6974


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6974
Catalogue No. 299  (Vol. II, p. 20)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Nyāya

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition worn/brittle  (sides worn and stained by moisture but text perfectly readable)

Size in mm

Folio 225 x 113  (according to Hamid Ali; width, however, seems to be rather 235mm [ruler on the shot])
Writing Area 185 x 72

Margin Lines

Type
double  (tripple also)
Colour black  (fine and pale)

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 14  (last folio - which is not the end of the text - has 13 lines)
Akṣaras per Line 25  (less on last folio - ca. 22)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 19
Foliation (from Label) 19
Physical Completeness incomplete

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Personal Inspection) incomplete  (no ending colophon; 600 (granthas?) according to a remark on 1r, written with pencil)

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one  (except for folio 1r: at least 3 hands there)
Punctuation single daṇḍas

Gaps and Fillers

Line Fillers none on the folios available

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, upper left and lower right corner
Script of Pagination nāgarī
Number of Hands one
Further Features

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element rāma
Location above pagination on lower right corner
Further Features

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation
Location above pagination in upper left corner
Further Features

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia  (none on the folios available)

Further Special Features


C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Vādagrantha (Abhinavakautuka)
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 20)
Vādagrantha Abhinavakautuka
   Source: PUL Label
   Note: "Vādagrantha" between parentheses
Abhinavakautuka
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r, nāgarī, black ink)
Vādagraṃtha
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r, nāgarī, pencil)

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Person Related to MS
Mathurānātha
   Relation to Manuscript: Previous Owner of MS
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r)
   Note: "idaṃ pustakaṃ mathurānāthasyeti bodhyam"