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Nāgart, of the so-called Jaina-recension. It is dated Samvat 1656 (1598 A.D.). The original MS was badly damaged inside. Lit.: Verzeichniss der Sanskrit- und Prākrit-Handschriften der königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin, by A. Weber, Band 2, Abtheilung 1, Berlin, 1886 (ABC 20, 2), no. 1593 b; Ed. pp. XXVIII-XXIX.
Present whereabouts are unknown. W is a fairly modern, but undated, paper MS of 37 folios, arranged Europeanwise. The script used is Devanāgari. It contains the complete text (1-709) of the so-called Vulgata. It was lent to Weber by G. Bühler and apparently sent back to the latter while he was still in India. Lit.: Ed., p. XXVIII.
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, MS or. quart. 740 (pp. 139-258).
the Roman script prepared by Weber in 1875 of MS Wilson 420, Oxford, Bodleian Library. This original is a fairly modern, but undated, MS, written in Devanāgari, of 24 folios, arranged Europeanwise, with 22 lines to a page, each line containing 25 Aksaras. It contains the complete text (1-709) of the so-called Vulgata. Lit.: Verzeichniss... (ABC 20, 2), no. 1593 b; Ed., p. XXVIII; Catalogus 'codicum manuscriptorum sanscriticorum postvedicorum quotquot in Bibliotheca Bodleiana adversantur, Vol. I 2, Oxford, 1864 (ABC 238, 1, 2), p. 381a.
· Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, MS or. quart. 555. MS or. quart. 555 is a modern copy of 70 folios, arranged Europeanwise, written in the Telugu script, especially made for Weber, of the complete text of the Gathās of MS no. 10283 (in the Telugu script) of the Tanjore Palace Library. Above the lines are written the variants found in the Grantha MSS no. 10285 (for 1-400) and no. 10286 (for 400-700) from the same library. These variants are referred to with the siglum To (Weber's To; I have preferred to in order to avoid a possible confusion with T. To distinguish I from To the former is occasionally labelled ta). I con