MS PUL Woolner 0071 (Vedāntasāra)


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 0071
Catalogue No. 929  (Vol. II, p. 65)
PUL Subject Classification Vedānta

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support industrial paper
Condition good  (partly stained, last folios worn and brittle)

Size in mm

Folio 170 x 260  (approximately; upright format)
Writing Area
no data

Margin Lines

Type none

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 23  (sometimes 22)
Akṣaras per Line 18  (17-20)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 13
Foliation (from Label) 13

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Personal Inspection) complete according to end colophon

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one
Punctuation space  (little less than the width of an akṣara)

Emphasis

Other Emphasis highlighting with red powder

Gaps and Fillers

Indication of Gaps very short śirolekhās only  (see, e.g., folio 2r,14)
Line Fillers none  (last lines of last folio are centered and gradually shortened)

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, upper left corner
Number of Hands one

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element oṃ.
Location verso, upper left corner, above title abbreviation

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation ve. sā.
Location verso, upper left corner, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia
Characteristics

Further Special Features

Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Vedāntasāra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 65) / PUL Label / Concluding elements (13v,17)
Uniform Title Vedāntasāra

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Preliminaries
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Sadānanda
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 65) / PUL Label
Sadānaṃda
   Source: Concluding elements (13v,16)
Uniform Name Sadānanda Yogīndra