MS PUL Woolner 1106 (Pāvanavijayasvarodaya)


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 1106
Catalogue No. 402  (Vol. II, p. 30)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Yoga

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support unclassifiable paper
Condition damaged  (upper right edge badly damaged by moisture and rodents, upper left edge of 1v too; plenty of text lost)

Size in mm

Folio 280 x 150  (approximately)
Writing Area ratio: 2:1

Margin Lines

Type none

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 15  (also 14)
Akṣaras per Line 44

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Label) 12
Foliation (from Card Catalogue) 12
Foliation (from Personal Inspection) 12  (last folio foliated 12)

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) 348 granthas
Extent (from Label) 348 granthas

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script
Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one
Punctuation no marks, spaces

Emphasis

Other Emphasis highlighting with red powder

Structural Elements

Are Sections Numbered? Yes

Foliation etc.

Foliation

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

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element oṃ
Location verso, lower right margin, above foliation

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation pa./vi.
Location verso, upper left margin, above foliation
Further Features

Changes and Additions to the Text

Script Devanāgarī
Linking Method kākapāda or short double strokes and alignment
Style of Writing partly m.sec. and smaller, some like main text
Frequency infrequent
Characteristics

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Pavanavijaya or Pavanavijaya Svarodaya
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 30)
Pavanavijayasvarodaya
   Source: PUL Label
Pavanavijayo nāma Svarodayaṃ
   Source: Concluding elements (12r,8)
Uniform Title Pāvanavijayasvarodaya

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements