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Cardboard cover, library binding, with classmark.<\/p>
On the folded paper sleeve<\/a> is recorded the following information: title (\"Rājavallabhaḥ --\"), number of verses (\"ślo° 1000\"), and number of folios, lines and syllables per line (\"p° 52-10-32\"). In a different hand, the library classmark has been inked (\"Or.102 11\"), and, in a blue pencil, the number \"10\" has been written on the top left corner.<\/p>"
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"value": " Devanāgarī in black ink. Possibly, eighteen different hands.<\/p> The Rājavallabha<\/i> is an architectural treatise attributed to Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana, a sūtradhāra<\/i>, or architect/engineer, who is said to have been employed by Rāṇā Kumbha, a 15th century ruler of Mewar. The text comprises fourteen chapters on various topics, including house and town planning, the design and construction of palaces, and astrological considerations and omens. In this manuscript, folios 7 through 10 and folio 14 are missing. Moreover, at the end of folio 15, which corresponds to the end of chapter four, the foliation jumps to 17, although no text seems to be missing from chapter 5. There is no colophon; in fact, at the end of the last chapter, five verses from a different text, an unidentified work<\/i>, have been appended. The first line of this same text similarly appears at the end of a Rājavallabha<\/i> manuscript in the NGMCP collection (B 352-14<\/a>), suggesting that there may be a tradition of transmitting these texts together. This unidentified text seems to describe some astrological features (cakra<\/i>s) of the intermediate directions (southwest, northeast, etc.) as they relate to the layout of a dwelling. Moreover, five folios written in the same style have been inserted between folios 5 and 6 of the main text (See Or.102.2). These seem to deal with the cakra<\/i>s of different celestial bodies. <\/p>"
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"value": "Unknown, probably 18th-19th century."
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"value": "Charles Li."
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"value": "Paper. Folio height: ca. 11.5 cm, width: ca. 27 cm. <\/p>"
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"value": "On the recto side of folio 3<\/a>, a small 3 by 3 table of different varga<\/i>s, or classes of sounds, as listed in verse 1.20 on the same page. The table is also labeled with the four cardinal directions. Both editions consulted list the varga<\/i>s as \"ā kā cā ṭā e śā pā yā\", whereas the manuscript reads \"bā kā cā ṭā e ha sā yā\". The sketch matches the list as given in the manuscript. On the recto side of folio 1<\/a>, the classmark is inked above a red stamp bearing the abbreviation \"BISL. CANT. ACAD.\".<\/p><\/div><\/div> Marginalia<\/b><\/p> 8 to 10 lines per page, approximately 20 to 40 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 5 mm. Interlinear space height: 5 mm. Double marginal frame lines in back ink, on most folios; folio 21 has double red lines.<\/p>"
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"value": "Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana"
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"value": " 1. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, top left margin, verso (inconsistently).<\/p> 2. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom right margin, verso.<\/p> 3. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom right corner, verso. Beginning from folio 17<\/a>, this additional foliation marks the first folio of each chapter as 1, and counts until the end of the chapter.<\/p>"
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"value": " Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p> Manuscripts<\/b><\/p> Edition(s)<\/b><\/p> Secondary Literature<\/b><\/p> The Rājavallabha<\/i> is an architectural treatise attributed to Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana, a sūtradhāra<\/i>, or architect/engineer, who is said to have been employed by Rāṇā Kumbha, a 15th century ruler of Mewar. The text comprises fourteen chapters on various topics, including house and town planning, the design and construction of palaces, and astrological considerations and omens. In this manuscript, folios 7 through 10 and folio 14 are missing. Moreover, at the end of folio 15, which corresponds to the end of chapter four, the foliation jumps to 17, although no text seems to be missing from chapter 5. There is no colophon; in fact, at the end of the last chapter, five verses from a different text, an unidentified work<\/i>, have been appended. The first line of this same text similarly appears at the end of a Rājavallabha<\/i> manuscript in the NGMCP collection (B 352-14<\/a>), suggesting that there may be a tradition of transmitting these texts together. This unidentified text seems to describe some astrological features (cakra<\/i>s) of the intermediate directions (southwest, northeast, etc.) as they relate to the layout of a dwelling. Moreover, five folios written in the same style have been inserted between folios 5 and 6 of the main text (See Or.102.2). These seem to deal with the cakra<\/i>s of different celestial bodies. <\/p>",
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On the verso side of folio 3<\/a>, a sketch of the Vatsacakra<\/i>, which consists of a serpent overlaid on a grid. This is a visual aid used to orient buildings with respect to the cardinal directions. The serpent represents Śeṣa<\/i>, a mythological creature who is said to support the world. The serpent is oriented according to the time of year, and should be rotated in a clockwise direction.
On the verso of the last folio<\/a>, are three sketches. From left to right: a table of numbers; a table of numbers embedded in a square with the four sides marked as the cardinal directions and the four corners marked as the intermediate directions; and a plan for a typical house, with the program of the house organized according to the principle of Vāstupuruṣa<\/i>."
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