A Study of the Manuscripts of the Woolner Collection, Lahore

"compare Hall P. 193." written with black ink on the cover beneath the label; PUL catalogue (Vol. II, Appendix, p. 48) also refers to "Hall p. 193": 7179

"old ms." according to 1r (pencil, latin script), label (black ink) and catalogue: 6915

"Punjab University Sanskrit Section" stamp on folio 1r: 3065

"Very Modern" according to label and catalogue: 0228

"very old ms." according to P.U.L. Cat., Vol. II, p. 17, and also "Very old" according to label. Folio 1v is out of focus and digitized in an unsufficient resolution.: 7270

"With a picture on the front page" (catalogue) and "with a good picture at the front page" (label). Indeed there is a colored illustration (75 x 60 mm) of Gaṇeśa and Sarasvatī on 1v, surrounded by the running text. : 0048

A certain list is written on the upper left corner of the cover leaf: "ni. 5 / bhā. 4 / vaṃga. 3 / vr̥.ti. 1" etc.: 5950

A certain remark is written with pencil in four lines of a western hand on 1r. It is faded and hardly legible, but is likely to speak of "Advait Philosophy" and "In Print?". : 1975

A folded sheet of younger but also badly rat eaten paper is attached to the MS. The sheet has upright format and contains a certain list of 6 items in 24 lines (perhaps a list of contents). It is written in a sloppy bengālī hand.: 6083

a hole in folio 1, text of 1v damaged, ca. 9 akṣaras lost: 6090

A list of certain terms is written with black ink in nāgarī on 1r: three columns of 5 items each. The headings to each column are: paṃcaviveka, paṃcacitta, and paṃca ānaṃda.: 5025

A maṅgala stanza in indravajrā metre is written on folio 1r (7 lines, nāgarī, rotated 90°). The text runs: {line 1} oṃ bho śrāddhapakṣadvijapuṃgava{2}kalpavr̥kṣa āsmān dvijāti{3}+varān* (..)gato si vīra {4} tvāṃ mārgayaṃti satataṃ dvija{5}puṃgavā vai ko nyo dadā{6}ti tvadr̥te vividham* {7} (su)bhakṣam* : 1452

A number of the book is given in the ending colophon: "graṃthasaṃkhyā 8".: 7245

A small ornamental frame drawing with black ink on 1r contains the following text written in nāgarī in five lines: ''prathamapariccheda patra 70 || / pustaka citsukhī dāna(ṃ)dalāla / likha (v)āpā svapaṭhanārtham / saṃvat 1807 mitīpauṣadi. 3 / || svahastena paryyāptam ||||'': 2004

A system of lines (resembling the marginal lines) is drawn on folio 1r. It seems it was meant to contain or separate text and illustrations which, however, never were written nor drawn.: 6053

according to the PUL catalogue, this MS was printed by the Nirṇaya Sāgara Press: 7285

After the MS was written it was embellished by means of a red colored writing utensil: daṇḍas and further marginal lines were added.: 1738

An older printed PUL label is glued on 1r and covers six lines of text Besides that a handwritten label is glued to 9v (data: title, number of folios, number of written ślokas, and the information: "not yet printed in any press").: 0454

An other work besides the Hetvābhāsādi Jagadīśī is collected in the MS according to the label and the abbreviated title in the right margin of the last folio (34v). Label and 1r call it Pakṣatā, it's abbreviated with pakṣatā(.. ..) (unfortunately the images are out of focus). Scribe, folios, marginals, etc., are the same like those of the Hetvābhāsā part.: 7274

As is stated by the label (but not by the catalogue), there are two texts in the MS: folios 1-9 contain Gandharvavidyā, folios 10-25 contain Vr̥kṣāyurveda. The latter is not recorded in the PUL catalogue, neither in the remarks to MS no. 3190 nor in the Vaidika section. Both texts are written by one and the same hand.: 2183

at least folio 66 is reversed: 1725

beginning and end of text/MS is missing: 6995

beginning and end of text/MS missing: 7205

Besides an older and the common PUL label, a third handwritten label (in Hindi and English) is found on 1r.: 0238

Besides an older PUL label glued to 11v (data recorded in the DB) there's a handwritten label glued to 11v (data recorded). The MS was "not yet printed in any press" according to this handwritten label. A paper card is inserted between folios 1 and 2, giving MS no. and title of the work.: 0310

Besides an older PUL label glued to 9v (data recorded in the DB) there's a handwritten card (ibid., data recorded) glued (?) to the last folio. It further says "Granth Sankhia", the actual number of written granthas, however, is missing. The MS was "Not yet print in any press" (sic) according to that handwritten card. An other card is inserted, giving title of the work and the accession number. : 0311

Besides an older PUL label on 1r (data recorded in the DB) there's a handwritten label (ibid., data also recorded). According to that handwritten label it is a "Famous Mss".: 0457

Besides an older PUL label on 1r there is a handwritten label glued to 1r (data: title and old MS no.).: 0427

besides an older PUL label on 1r there's the Bhajan Lal Bookseller's label on the back cover board: 0705

besides an older PUL label on 5v (data: old and new MS no., date of purchase, title and signature) there's a handwritten label (ibid.) giving the title in nāgarī and roman script): 0373

besides the older printed PUL label on 1r (data recorded in the DB) there's a handwritten label on (ibid.) giving the title of the work in nāgarī and roman script: 0378

Bhajan Lal's bookseller label is attached to the back cover board. The digital image, however, is out of focus and the informations on place and time of aquisition, provenance, size, author and title are illegible.: 4989

change of hands; more ornate and bold in first folios, less ornate and finer on final folios: 1376

chart of folios and adhyāyas on 14v, written with blue colored crayon: 14+12+16+23+14=79 folios: 7247

compare the Tantravārttikavyākhyā MSS 6502-6505 which are numbered 3a to 3e (only part 3c missing): 6505

compare the Tantravārttikavyākhyā MSS nos. 6502-6505 in this DB which are numbered 3a to 3e (only part 3c missing); "Old. Ms." according to Catalogue: 6502

digital images out of focus: 1624

digital images partly out of focus: 1572

each folio digitized : 0655

first maṅgla stanza (ajām ekāṃ etc.) closely resembles ŚvetUp 4.5; a lengthy enumeration of tattvas is listed after the colophon by the scribe of the man text: 1732

foliation of chapters I to XI given on cover and 1r; see Available Folios according to Foliation: 6785

folio 1r is adorned with four ornate marginal lines on each side, painted somewhat clumsy with red and black ink: 7250

Folio 1r shows several remarks on the content of the MS: "51 to 149" (blue colored crayon, arabic), "54 to 64 1st a[dhyāya] 3rd pāda - a few sūtras", and "65 to 149 / 85 pages 2nd pāda complete" (pencil, arabic/nāgarī, reading of "85 pages" is uncertain). There are similar reamarks on the front cover (black ink, arabic/nāgarī): "54-65 1st a. pā. 3 (a few sūtra) / 65-149 (2nd pāda complete) ?" (brackets and questionmark in the cover remark).: 6504

Folio 1v, though contained in the MS, is not photographed and digitized. Available folios: 1r, 2v, 3r and 42v. Hence, no initial invocation, beginning and end of text and end colophon is available for the MS description. The end of the MS is apparently missing.: 6982

Folio 28r contains six lines of the beginning of another text. It is written m.sec. and not foliated. The bookseller (Bhajan Lal, Amritsar) has not counted this folio, whereas MS and label PUL cataloue have. For the text see Additions by Other Hands.: 5022

Folio 3r/v lies (and is photographed) between the cover board and folio 1r/v. 3r is visible on the first of the digitized imiges. An area is left unwritten on the left hand side of some folios. No text is missing in these gaps. On the back cover board is the Bhajan Lal bookseller label, the data of which are recorded in the DB. A concluding colophon is written on 13r, but further lines are written on 13v. Unfortunately they are out of focus but seem to be an incomplete part of commentary.: 1186

folio 47v dyed and blurred, parts of text lost, smaller script, more lines, probably by another scribe: 7269

Folio 59v has one line written by another scribe (see colophons).: 6804

folios 1, 2 and 61 broken and mended: 6942

Folios 1r and 60v are decorated with ornate marginal lines, drawn with black ink.: 7261

further text on last verso folio (written in upright format, beginning with maṅgala, ink fading towards the abrupt end at the bottom of the page; uncertain purpose): 0442

In the lower right part of 13v a square space of 11 akṣaras by 8 lines was left unwritten. The line break of the last 8 lines is transposed some 8 akṣaras to the left, no text is missing.: 6984

inconsistent use of the akṣaras ''kha'' and ''ṣa'': 0659

Inside the back cover is the label of “Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller / Gali Tokrian, Katra Safaid, AMRITSAR”. (The information given on the label is recorded in the DB.): 1210

It seems as if folio 1r formerly served as folio 600v of another MS. Folio 132v contains some additional lines of another text (see Colophons).: 6795

It seems as if the first folio was formerly used as folio 800 (1r has number 800 in the upper left corner, written in nāgarī with black ink).: 6796

label of Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer and Book Seller glued to back cover board; printed in A.S.S. (remark on cover board); printed also according to catalogue: 1157

label of the "Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller" on the back cover board (data recorded in the DB); folio 1 hardly legible: 1185

Large parts of the left margin including text are broken and lost. The amount of missing text is about 9 lines by 2-3 akṣaras.: 7178

last written folio (8r) not photographed!: 7009

Lists of dates, calculations and a maṇḍala fill the first two folios. A certain text (faded, rubbed, damaged, hardly legible, presumably by another scribe) is written on the third folio, verso and recto. The main text begins on the third folio (paginated 1).: 6105

lists of numbers and hardly identifyable words of unknown purpose on folio 1r: 7180

MS consists of only one folio, the upper right part of which is badly broken, 6 lines of text are damaged. As the text ends in line 14 on verso, no text is lost on its lower right part. However, worm holes and rubed off parts damaged parts of the preserved text on 1v.: 6042

MS consists of three parts (of 36, 35 and 29 folios respectively) written by at least two scribes: 6538

MS data (title, section, number of folios, etc.) given in the margins on 4r since this is the first leave preserved of this MS: 6992

MS images missing!: 7721

MS mended with red and turquoise strips: 0359

MS picture files in low resolution and out of focus: 1121

MS picture files out of focus; older PUL label glued to 6v (data recorded in the DB): 0368

much text (ca. 1400 akṣaras) on each folio: 6585

No maṅgala and concluding elements are recorded in the database, because folios 1r and 3v are not digitized.: 0131

older PUL label glued to 1r (data recorded in the DB): 0330

older PUL label on 1r (data recorded in the DB): 0366

On folio 44v are six short lines rotated 90° anticlockwise (m. sec., black ink, nāgarī): "prameha au varipārājari cūrṇaṭha 1 nirmalībīja 1 divasa 3 agre bīja 2 sāṭhīcedhoṇa cī(ṇ)īmi srī".: 6597

pink sheets of paper of the same size as that of the folios separate each (?) folio from the other: 7719

protection leaves before first and last folio: 7265

recto/verso of first folio is photographed in the wrong order: 6091

Remains of a removed label are visible on folio 1r. The MS was scanned according to a stamp on front cover board.: 0293

remark on cover refers to the Yogasūtra and Vr̥tti edition of the Kashi Sanskrit Series 1930: 7192

several hands on first and last protection folio, information about scribe on first folio (and in the end colophon): 0122

small drawing of a face (ca. 20 x 30 mm) on the last folio (recto): 7012

stamp on 1r: "Punjab University Sanskrit Section": 3066

stamp on 1r: “Panjab University Library, Lahore”: 0335

text apparently very corrupt (or not sanskrit): 7204

text begins on folio 1r: 7177

text ends abruptly within the line on 53r (commentary on BSū 1.3.17): 6962

text ends on 5r, but 5v is foliated and an abbreviation of the title is provided (presumably in advance): 6068

The appearance of the MS (script, marginal border lines, etc.) completely changes 11v/12r.: 0992

The end colophon is written in the margins of the last verso folio in order so spare another folio.: 6094

The final folios are written by another scribe and are badly worm-eaten and more damaged than the first folios.: 6542

The first (photographed or preserved??) folio of the MS is 2v. Since there are ca. 12 stanzas on a page, the text ist likely to begin on folio 1v.: 6066

The first lines are given in the PUL MS catalogue (Vol. II, p. 18). Note the variations: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ tacca pramāṇaṃ guṇakriyājātiviruddhayaḥ viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyasambandhaviṣayaḥ viśiṣṭabuddhitvāt daṇḍī puruṣa iti viśiṣṭabuddhivad iti anumānāt lāghavād ekasamavāyasiddhiḥ: 6983

The folios are in upright format, and only versos, i.e., left hand folios are foliated.: 0071

The folios are inserted between the wooden cover boards with the last folio up. The order of images is therefore rearranged, first folio first.: 0099

The folios of the MS are bound in the left margin. An additional folio after 62r/v contains a list of uncertain purpose (see Additions by Other Hands).: 0403

The folios of the MS are bound in upright format. The book is put between the cover plates last side up, hence the bookseller label (second image from above) ist actually sticked to the inside of the back cover plate. What we see beside the folio 68v (last but one image) is really the inside of the front cover plate.: 0645

The folios of the MS are to be turned like a bound book from right to left.: 0186

The hand of the main text and the pagination changes on the final folios. They are written more sloppily with less akṣaras and lines than on the first folios. The abbreviation and the marginal lines, however, remain the same throughout.: 6967

the image showing the front cover and PUL label is missing in the side bar!: 7718

The last folio (47v) is used for remarks on title, number of folios, etc., since 1r is not preserved and the MS starts with 10r which is completely filled with text.: 5132

The main text is written with remarkably big akṣaras.: 0656

the MS contains 30 additional stray leaves, some conspicuously smaller than folios 4-90 which contain the main text.: 7717

The MS contains four additional folios of a different size: ca. 335 x 75 mm, five lines, 58 akṣaras, no marginal lines, foliation on versos, right margin. The text beginning on 1v,1 is the text recorded in the colophon section of this DB.: 7267

The MS ends in a long enumberation of adhikaraṇas and guṇas (201r,4-12, likely by the main scribe). See postcolophon information.: 1308

The MS folios are bound like a modern book at the upper margin.: 4689

The MS is a collection of stray leaves (77 according to catalogue and label). The last folio is paginated with 55 (verso) and folio 2 has been used as corrigenda ("idaṃ patraṃ śodhapatraṃ bodhyaṃ").: 7716

The MS is a collection of stray leaves (90 according to label and catalogue) under the heading of Nyāya, Gadādharī. 39 out of these have been photographed by Himal Trikha and Hamid Ali.: 7713

The MS is bound like a printed book. It consists of handwritten pages in upright format and some additional single pages written in another hand. In the back cover of the book is a PUL Loan Form and an instruction for loans. On the inner side of the front cover is an ornate, printed PUL label, the categories (Class No. and Book No.) of which are not filled in. Some further folios are attached at the end of the book. They are in different format and written by at least three different hands.: 7450

The MS is likely to be written by the same scribe as PUL W 0300. A white paper card is inserted between folios 42 and 43: ca. 125 x 75 mm; data: MS no. and title: 0303

The MS was "printed" according to a remark on 1r (written with black ink in a latin hand). The text ends abruptly at the beginning of Sāmagrīvāda.: 0064

The MS was completely photographed by the korean team.: 0265

The MS was scanned according to a PUL stamp on the cover board.: 0244

The MS was scanned according to a PUL stamp on the front cover board.: 0284

The MS was scanned according to a PUL stamp.: 0287

The MS was scanned according to a stamp on both the front and the back cover board.: 0263

The MS was scanned according to a stamp on the cover board.: 0267

The MS was scanned according to PUL stamps on the front and back cover boards.: 0282

The MS was scanned according to PUL stamps on the front cover board. : 0306

The MS was scanned by the PUL according to a stamp on the front cover board.: 0299

The MS was scanned by the PUL according to stamps on the front and back cover board.: 0281

The otherwise unwritten folio 71v has marginal lines on three sides (left, right, and an upper line for the alignment of the śirolekhās), drawn in advance (text ends on 71r).: 6596

The sibilants ś, ṣ and s seem to be mixed up. The end of the last postcolophon stanza and further closing blessings are written in the right and left margin in order to spare another verso.: 7259

The text of eight works is collected in this MS. Most of it are stotras, but tantra and yoga works are also found. See Title and Identification Data.: 0713

The ṭīkā is written in the margins.: 0727

The upper side of the MS is almost completely rat eaten throughout. Hence the first line of versos and the last line of rectos are often damaged and large parts of marginal corrections are lost.: 7711

The wooden back cover plate has a list of 9 work titles including folio numbers and subject classifications. This list does not contain the Vaiśeṣikasetu.: 8172

This MS contains ten texts in one volume. The PUL catalogue lists each text separately: 864 - Vol. II, Vedānta, p. 62, 398 - Vol. II, Yoga, p. 30, 302 - Vol. I, Dharma, p. 90, etc. See the Notes on Catalogue Number.: 5972

This MS contains the texts of at least six different works. Folio 1r, below the PUL label, records the following works and their foliation: 1. Mahāvākyārtha (f. 3) 2. Kālikāprayogapaṭala Bhairavatantre (ff. 4-5) 3. Īśādidaśopaniṣadaḥ (ff. 6-43) 4. Vedāntasūtra (ff. 44-51) 5. Sadācāraprakaraṇa (ff. 52-53) 6. Pañcīkaraṇavārttika (ff. 54-55).: 0045

This MS was scanned according to stamps on both the front and the back cover board.: 0280

three lines of colophon – similar to the end colophon on folio 50r – on top of folio 1r: 7181

three not clearly legible auspicious (?) akṣaras rotated anticlockwise 45°, running upwards, in lower right corner of each verso: 7273

To stabilize the first and the last folio (1 and 23) they are glued to the recto of another folio which formerly contained astrological charts and calculations.: 6600

Two texts mingled together: first folio contains Haṭhayogapradīpikā (1.1-1.16 according to GRETIL e-text) and folios 2-13 contain Gorakṣaśataka (starting within verse 14b “daivataṃ”)! Paper and hand of both texts are identical.: 1368

uncertain lists on 1r, one of which listing lākh, guḍ, guggul, suthrā, sarṣap, etc.: 0358

Use of orpiment. The hands of at least three main scribes are clearly visible in this MS. None of the texts seem to be complete as they end abruptly each time.: 7712

1) upright format and pagination (no foliation); 2) scanned by the PU Library according to a stamp on the label; 3) one line of Nasta'līq script in the upper margin of page 1r: 4239