Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 02

SR No.: 018105
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shripad Krishna Belvalkar
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 366
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 19 MB

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A. Katantra
clear and legible handwriting; the bulk of the Ms. is written in small and clear writing but as many of the letters have become indistinct and the Ms. is torn in numerous places it is very hard to read the Ms. The margins also of all the leaves are worn off and in many cases some of the lines and letters also. The paging of leaves is thus absent, and though the leaves have been protected by patches of paper and the whole Ms. securely bound in leather, it is very difficult to say whether the paging is continuous as the last lines of many leaves are absent and some of the leaves are actually bound topsyturvy. The difficulty is further enhanced by the fact that the sūtras are quoted by the first letter or two and there is of course no paragraphing. Some of the sutras have now been traced and two colophons discovered, which enable us to ascertain the
author. The Ms. is without beginning or end. Age -- Except some of the fresh-looking leaves the bulk of the Ms.
is considerably old in appearance. Author - Sitikanthasvāmin, the son of Ksirasvā min. Subject - An extensive commentary on Balabodhini, intended to
supply omissions and effect correction in it. Begins - Sūtra 2. 4. 14 (Prof. Eggeling's edition) occurs in the
middle of the first page. The Ms. thus begins in the
middle of the कारकपाद of the नामप्रकरण. Ends – The fourth of the seyla ut ends on the 10th page
from the end. The Ms. thus ends in the middle of the
5th are of the stu u . Colophon --The colophon on the 10th page from the end reads
इत्याचार्यक्षीरस्वामिपुत्रशितिकंठस्वामिविरचिते बालबोधिनीन्यासे द्विर्वचनपादस्तुरीयः ॥ No other Mss. of this work have been hitherto discovered. Aufrecht notes in the Cat. Cat. that this ferratais is a descendant of जगद्धर (the author of the बालबोधिनी); and that this work is mentioned in the preface and स्तुतिSAST by Fig.
7[Dos. Cat. Vol. II, Pt. II)