MS PUL Woolner 0906 (Ajñānabodhinī)


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 0906
Catalogue No. 533  (Vol. II, p. 38 )
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Vedānta

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support industrial paper
Condition damaged  (stained from moisture, sides brittle and parts broken off, text partly rubbed off)

Size in mm

Folio 230 x 100  (9 x 4 inches according to bookseller label)

Margin Lines

Type triple
Colour black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 7,5  (7 or 8)
Akṣaras per Line 30

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 27  (2nd folio missing)
Foliation (from Label) 27  (2nd folio missing; the number 27 is crossed out on the bookseller label)
Foliation (from Personal Inspection) folio 1 is followed by folio 3, last written folio is 27r
Physical Completeness incomplete

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Personal Inspection) beginning and end preserved

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one
Punctuation double daṇḍas drawn with red ink

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 ajñā.
Location verso, upper left margin, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Agyānavodhinī
   Source: Concluding elements (27r,5)
Adhyātmavidyopadeśavidhi
   Source: Text (1v,3) / Concluding elements (27r,5f.)
Ātmavidyopadeśa
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 38)
Adhyātmavidyopadeśa
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 38)
Ajñānabodhinī
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 38)
Ātmajñānopadeśa
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 38)
Ajnan-Vodhini
   Source: PUL Label (bookseller label)
Ātmavidyopadeśa
   Source: PUL Label
   Note: Ramark added on the front cover board: ''It also bears several other titles for which see Catalogus Catalogorum under Ajñānabodhinī''
Uniform Title
Ajñānabodhinī

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Śaṅkarācārya
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 38)
Śaṃkarācārya
   Source: PUL Label
Uniform Name Śaṅkara

Place
Eastern Rajputana
   Place refers to: MS - Provenance
   Source: Bookseller Label
Kotah
   Place refers to: MS - Place of Acquisition
   Source: Bookseller Label
Uniform Name Rajasthan, Kota

Times
near 1700 V.S.
   Time refers to: MS - Date of Acquisition
   Source: Bookseller Label
   Note: crossed out