Outline of Avasyaka Literature

Author(s): Ernst Leumann, George Baumann
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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E. Leumann, An outline of the Avaśyaka literature
III. Main Indian manuscripts used in the Übersicht
The Übersicht includes a large number of references to a great variety of original manuscripts kept in India or in the West, since manuscripts (and not printed books) were the only source material Leumann used. They are either those which he acquired for the Strasbourg University Library, the Berlin manuscripts he could read on the spot, or the London and Poona manuscripts which he could read on the spot, for the former, and those he could borrow, sometimes with difficulty, for the latter. The purpose of this section is to provide basic updated information for those which are used or referred to more often. Identification details are not always available in the Übersicht and have to be supplied from Leumann's unpublished notebooks, which have been consulted whenever necessary (see moreover Balbir 1993: 205-206).
Manuscripts of the Viseşāvasyakabhāsya (p. IX, 87, 91, 102) and its commentaries - P = P XII 57: Poona ms. of the Višeşāvaśyakabhāsya with śīlānka's (scil.
Kotyācārya's) commentary. - Kapadia, Descr. Cat. vol. XVII 3(a), Serial No.
1106, shelfmark “57/1880-81"; palm-leaf, 332 folios. - p = P XII 56: Poona ms. of the Viseşāvasyakabhāsya. - Kapadia, Descr. Cat. vol.
XVII 3(a), Serial No. 1105, shelfmark "56/1880-81"; palm-leaf, 131 folios; cf. E. Leumann, "P XII 56 Die Original-Recension des Viseșāvaśyaka-bhāsya"
(Notebook 536 in Plutat 1998). - B = B 1322: Berlin ms. of the Višeşāvaśyakabhāșya with Hemacandra's
commentary. - Weber, Verzeichniss II,2, Serial No. 1915; shelfmark "Ms. or.
fol. 1322"; paper, 296 folios, dated V.S. 1490 - b = B 1933: Berlin ms. of the Visesāvasyakabhāsya with Hemacandra's
commentary. Schubring, Jaina-Handschriften Serial No. 149, shelfmark
"Ms. or. fol. 1933"; paper, 498 folios, dated V.S. 1670. - Br = Br 2103: British Museum ms. of the Viseşāvaśyakabhāşya with Hemacandra's
commentary. - Balbir, Sheth, Tripathi 2006, Serial No. 232, shelfmark "Or.
2103"; paper, 500 folios, dated V.S. 1680. - S = S 301: Strasbourg ms. of the Višesāvaśyakabhāsya with Hemacandra's
commentary. - Tripāthī, Catalogue Serial No. 46, shelfamark "Wickersheimer
4383-84"; paper, 562 folios, dated V.S. 1818. - s = S 164: Strasbourg ms. of the Višeşāvaśyakabhāsya with Hemacandra's
commentary, dated V.S. 1524. - Tripāthī, Catalogue Serial No. 45, shelfmark
"Wickersheimer 4376"; paper, 63 folios. - A = P XXI 1336: Poona ms. of the Višeşāvaśyakabhāşya with Hemacandra's
commentary. - Kapadia, Descr. Catalogue vol. XVII 3(a), Serial No. 1104;
paper, 84 folios. - II = P XXII 1228: Poona ms. of the Viseşāvaśyakabhāşya with Hemacandra's
commentary. - Kapadia, Descr. Catalogue vol. XVII 3(a), Serial No. 1108,
shelfmark “1228/1884-87"; paper, 440 folios. - Four additional Poona mss. of this work are mentioned on p. 102 n.: .P VIII 768: Kapadia, Descr. Cat. vol. XVII 3(a), Ser. No. 1111, shelfmark
"768/1875-76"; paper, 1252 folios. .P XII 58: Kapadia, Descr. Cat. vol. XVII 3(a), Ser. No. 1112, shelfmark "58/1880
81"; palm-leaf, 344 leaves.
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