MS PUL Woolner 1452 (Brahmasūtra)


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 1452
Catalogue No. 712  (Vol. II, p. 50)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Vedānta  (the Classification "Mīmāṃsā" on the label is crossed out)

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support unclassifiable paper
Condition good  (sides worn, margins stained; text in perfect condition)

Size in mm

Folio 170 x 90  (3 x 6 inches according to the bookseller label)
Writing Area 110 x 60

Margin Lines

Type double
Colour red

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 7
Akṣaras per Line
18  (16-19)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 30
Foliation (from Label) 30
Foliation (from Personal Inspection) 30  (folios 1-3 and 28-30 digitized)

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Personal Inspection) up to the end of the text  (according to the colophon on 30v up to adhyāya 4, pāda 4; 193 adhikaraṇas, 364 gauṇasūtras)

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one  (except for the m.sec. stanza on 1r)
Punctuation no marks

Emphasis

Other Emphasis highlighting  (initial namaskāra phrase, sūtra numberings, intermediate colophons)

Structural Elements

Are Sections Numbered? Yes  (sūtras)

Foliation etc.

Foliation

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

Marginal Title Information

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

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia
Orpiment Yes  (frequent deletion of crossed out parts of text)

Further Special Features

Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Brahmasūtra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 50) / PUL Label (m.sec.)
Śārīrikamīmāṃsā
   Source: PUL Label (crossed out)
Sharirik-Mimansa
   Source: PUL Label (Bookseller's label)
Uniform Title Brahmasūtra

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

Intermediate Colophons

Second-level Division

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Vyāsa
   Source: PUL Label

Place
Benares
   Place refers to: MS - Provenance
   Source: Bookseller Label
Amritsar
   Place refers to: MS - Place of Acquisition
   Source: Bookseller Label
Uniform Name Amritsar, Varanasi

Times
Near 1850 V.S.
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Writing
   Source: Bookseller Label