MS PUL Woolner 6967


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6967
Catalogue No. 76  (Vol. I, p. 113)
PUL Subject Classification
Mīmāṃsā

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition damaged  (large parts of right margin eaten by rodents; first and second half of the MS seem to be collected recently as they show different bite marks!)

Size in mm

Folio 279 x 110
Writing Area 227 x 63

Margin Lines

Type other  (two fine double lines)
Colour black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 11  (10-12; folio 65 has only 8 lines)
Akṣaras per Line 55  (51-59)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 99
Foliation (from Label) 78  ("65-80, 1-37, 40-61, 63-65")
Physical Completeness incomplete

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) adhyaya 1, pāda 1-2
Extent (from Label) adhyaya 3, pāda 4-8  (information in roman/nāgarī with pencil in upper margin: "3rd a 4th pāda")
Extent (from Personal Inspection) incomplete  (text ends right in the middle of adhyāya 3, pāda 5; last line left incomplete [cf. folio 80v])

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands two
Punctuation no marks

Emphasis

Other Emphasis underlining  (with blue coloured pencil [e.g., folio 80v,7, part of closing colophon of 3rd adhyāya, 4th pāda])

Gaps and Fillers

Indication of Gaps śirolekhā only
Line Fillers line left incomplete

Foliation etc.

Foliation

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

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element rāma
Location above pagination on lower right corner

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation śā.dī.
Location above pagination in upper left corner

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia  (none on the folios available)

Further Special Features

Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Śāstradīpikā with Vyākhyā Mayūkhamālikā
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, p. 113)
Śāstradīpikāvyākhyā – Mayūkhamālikā or Somanāthīya
   Source: PUL Label
Śāstradī Vyā Mayūkhamālikā
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (upper margin of 65r, pencil, nāgarī)
Somanāthīya
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (upper margin of 81r (?), nāgarī, pencil)

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Somanātha Bhaṭṭa or Someśvara Bhaṭṭa
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, p. 113)
Somanātha
   Source: PUL Label / Title Page or Title Folio (see Title Somanāthīya)

Person Related to Author
Niṭṭalakulanilakasūra Bhaṭṭa
   Relation to Author: Father
   Source: Concluding elements (80v,6)
Vekaṭādriyajva
   Relation to Author: Other Relationships to the Author
   Source: Concluding elements (80v,6)
   Note: older brother