MS PUL Woolner 0045


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 0045
Catalogue No. 16, 673, 713, 834, 965, 885  (Vol. I, Upanisad, p. 26 and Vol. II, Vedānta, pp. 47, 50, 60, 68, and p. 54 [appendix] respectively)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification other  (Upaniṣad and Vedānta; see note on Catalogue Numbers above)

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition good  (first folio damaged)

Size in mm

Folio 360 x 190
Writing Area 240 x 125

Margin Lines

Type none

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 15
Akṣaras per Line 32

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 53-56
Foliation (from Label) 54-55

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes
Other Emphasis maṅgala should be partly rubricated, however the red ink akṣaras were never inserted

Structural Elements

Are Sections Numbered? Yes  (stanzas of the Pañcīkaraṇavārtika)

Foliation etc.

Foliation

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

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element
oṃ
Location 1v
Further Features

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation bṛ.u. / ka.u.  (for Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad and Kaṭhopaniṣad respectively; no other abbreviations in the present sample of MS images)
Location verso, upper left margin

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
Pañcīkaraṇavārttika
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 47)
Paṃcīkaraṇavārtika
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r below label)
   Note: text no. VI
Panchi Karan
   Source: PUL Label (older PUL label on last verso)
Mahāvākyārtha
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 60) / Title Page or Title Folio (1r below label)
   Note: text no. I
Kalikāprayogapaṭala
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, appendix, p. 54) / Title Page or Title Folio (1r below label)
   Note: text no. II
Īśādidaśopaniṣad.
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 26) / Title Page or Title Folio (1r below label)
   Note: text no. III
Vedāṃtasūtra
   Source: Title Page or Title Folio (1r below label)
   Note: text no. IV
Sadācāraprakaraṇa
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 68) / Title Page or Title Folio (1r below label)
   Note: text no. V
Mahāvākyārthaprabodhavidhi
   Source: Text (2r, line 11)
   Note: text no. I
Brahmasūtra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 50)
   Note: text no. IV
Paṃcekaraṇavārtika
   Source: Concluding elements (55v,14f.)

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

Intermediate Colophons


D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Sureśvarācārya
   Source: PUL Label
Sureśvarācāryya
   Source: Concluding elements (55v,14)


Person Related to MS
Mukund Lal
   Relation to Manuscript: Person Responsible for Acquisition of MS
   Source: PUL Label (older PUL label)
   Note: signature of library staff
Uniform Name Mukund Lal


Times
31. O. '16
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Acquisition
   Source: PUL Label (older label)
   Note: October 31, 1916
saṃvat 1886
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Writing
   Source: Concluding elements (55v,15)