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Paramatma-prakāta
V. Critical account of the Mss. of Yogasara Description of the Mss.-The critical text of Yagasara, included in this volume, is based on the following Mss. :
A (): It is a paper Ms., about 14 by 8.5 inches, from Jaina Siddhänta Bhavana, Arrah (Bihar), received through the kindness of Pt. K. Bhujabali Shastri. It contains 10 folios written on both sides, the first and the last sheets being blank on one side. It is a recent Devanagari transcript, made in Samvat 1992, from an older Ms. belonging to some Bhandara in Delhi. It contains verses and interlinear Gujarati translation (Tabba) written in columns of short lines. There are many scribal errors here and there. Even in mistakes this Ms. agrees with P described below. Opening: 11 st get नमः | End: इति श्री जोगसारग्रंथ समाप्तः ॥
P (4) This is a paper Ms., about 11 by 5 inches, from Patan Bhandara received through the kindness of Muni Śri Punyavijayaji Maharaj. It has 22 folios written on both sides. It contains verses and interlinear Gujarati translation written in columns of short lines. With negligible dialectal variations this translation is identical in A and P. In some places this Ms. shows initial and the absence of ya fruti.. Devanagari e and o are written in the padi-matra form. Separation of words in Dohäs is indicated by small spots in red ink at the top of lines. On the whole this Ms. is fairly accurate and sufficiently helpful in checking the scribal errors in A. It ends thus: इति योगसार समाप्तम् || The Tabba or the Gujarati translation gives the age of this Ms.: संवत् १७१२ वर्षे चैत्रशुदि १२ रवौ दिने लषीतं ॥
B (a): This is a paper Ms., about 12 by 5.5 inches in size, received from Pt. Nathuram Premi, Bombay. It contains only Dohas written folios, and the last page is blank. It is closely written in Devanagari characters each page having some 15 lines. Excepting a few scribal errors and lapses the Ms. is fairly accurate. This Ms. is somewhat particular about. anusvära, and shows preferably u in the Nom Sg. while others often have a. In some places the order of verses differs from the rest, see for instance verses Nos, 83-84 and 90-91. A portion of No. 48 is missing, but the omitted line is written on the margin in a different hand. The folios are brittle, and the edges are broken here and there. From its appearance it is the oldest Ms. of these four. I am told that the text of Yogasara printed in Manikachandra D. J. Granthamala was based on this Ms. It ends far
JH (): This is a paper Ms., about 11 by 5 inches in size, from Śri Ailaka Pannalala D. J. Sarasvati Bhavan, Jhalarapatan, received through. the kindness of Pt. Pannalal Soni. It contains only Dohas written on 5 folios, the first page being blank. It is written in neat Devanagari hand with regular red strokes indicating the lines. This Ms. contains many scribal errors. Some of its special readings agree with the printed text noted above.
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