MS PUL Woolner 0713


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 0713
Catalogue No. 2823, 867, 409, 2972, 2710, 2994, 2975 and ??  (2823: Vol. II, p. 185; 867: Vol. II, Appendix p. 54; 409: Vol. II, p. 30; 2972: Vol. II, p. 190; 2710: Vol. II, p. 180; 2994: Vol. II, p. 191; 2975: Vol. II, p. 191 and ??: last work not found in the PUL catalogue)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification other  (various: Stotra, Tantra and Yoga)

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support industrial paper
Condition
good  (stained from moisture, sides bitten by rodents; folios bound together like a book, first folio detached)

Size in mm

Folio 150 x 350  (upright format)
Writing Area 120 x 170

Margin Lines

Type ornamental
Colour red  (a set of fine red and black lines filled with red colour)

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 21  (18-22)
Akṣaras per Line 14

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) various  (I: 6 folios; II: 32 folios; III: 43 folios; IV: 1 folio; IVa: 5 folios; V: 1 folio; VI: folio 5b-6a; VII: not found in the PUL cat. )
Foliation (from Label) various  (I: 6 folios; II: folios 1-32; III: 43 folios; IV: 1 folio; IVa: 1 folio; V: 1 folio; VI: folios 5a or 5b to 6b; VII: not recorded )

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) various  (I: incomplete, 79 ślokas; II: from Navāṅkayantra to Durbhikṣaharaṃ Yantraṃ; III: 220 ślokas; IV-VI: not recorded; VII: not found in the PUL cat. )
Extent (from Label) various  (I: incomplete, 79 ślokas; II: from Navāṅkayantra to Durbhikṣaharaṃ Yantraṃ; III: 220 ślokas; IV-VII: not recorded )
Textual Completeness of the Work incomplete  (at least works I and II are incomplete)

Script and Scribal Conventions

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

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (daṇḍas, namaskriyā, alternating akṣaras of the end colophon, structural phrases like: nārada uvāca, etc.)

Structural Elements

Other Structural Elements secondary underlining  (with red coloured crayon on 43r and with blue coloured crayon on 43v)

Gaps and Fillers

Line Fillers line filling daṇḍas  (shorter than syntactic daṇḍas and crooked; and last line of las folio centered)

Foliation etc.

Foliation

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

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation rā.sta., śi., etc.  (according to the respective work)
Location verso, upper left margin, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia

Further Special Features

Illustrations, Graphs, Maps Yes  (A colourful drawing of the enthroned Rāma together with Sītā, Hanumān and two more figures is found on the verso of the fly leaf. )
Other Special Features

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Pavanavijaya with Hindī vyākhyā
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 30) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. III; ''Ṭīkā of the Pavanavijayasarodayaśāstra'' according to end colophon, 43v,9f.
Mahimnastotra
   Source: PUL Label
   Note: work no. VII; not found in the PUL Catalogue
Rāmastavarāja
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 185) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. I; ''Rāmacaṃdrastavarājastotramaṃtra'' according to the text, 1r,2
Aṅkayantrakathana
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, Appendix, p. 54) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. II
Śivastotra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 190) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. IV
Devyaparādhakṣamāpaṇastotra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 180) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. IVa; spelled -kṣamāpana- on the label
Śītalastotra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 191) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. V
Śivastotra
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. II, p. 191) / PUL Label
   Note: work no. VI; on the label called ''Pārthivadharapūjana Nāradakr̥ta Śivastotra''

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Preliminaries
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements