MS PUL Woolner 0454


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 0454
Catalogue No. 349  (Vol. II, p. 23)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Nyāya

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Condition worn/brittle  (worm eaten)

Size in mm

Folio 320 x 150
Writing Area 270 x 105

Margin Lines

Type none

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 17
Akṣaras per Line 40

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 9
Foliation (from Label) 9

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Label) 350 ślokas  (handwritten label on 9v)
Extent (from Personal Inspection) beginning and end preserved

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright  (same scribe as 0310 and 0457, i.e., Rāmanārāyaṇa)
No. of Hands one
Punctuation no marks

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, upper left and lower right margin
Number of Hands one

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element rāma.
Location verso, lower right margin, above foliation

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation sā.
Location verso, upper left margin, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Script Devanāgarī
Linking Method kākapādas, line number added to the marginal, alignment
Style of Writing similar to main text
Frequency
infrequent
Orpiment Yes  (frequent, for the corrections of single akṣaras)

Further Special Features

Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Sāmānyalakṣaṇāvicāra
   Source: PUL Label / Concluding elements (9r,8)
Sāmānyalakṣaṇavicāra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 23)
Samanya Lakshan Vichar
   Source: PUL Label (older PUL label on 1r)
Samanya Lakhshana Vichar
   Source: PUL Label (handwritten label on 9v)

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Preliminaries
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography




Person Related to MS
Rāmanārāyaṇa Salavāhanajātīya
   Relation to Manuscript: Scribe
   Source: Concluding elements (9r,8-9)
   Note: the same scribe wrote MSS PUL 0310 and 0457
Uniform Name Rāmanārāyaṇa

Times
24.1.1922
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Acquisition
   Source: PUL Label (older PUL label on 1r)