{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Presumably, Vārāṇasī." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought in Vārāṇasī by Prof. R. Griffith from the Benares Sanskrit College for Prof. E. B. Cowell in 1878 (see ULIB 7/3/55)." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 f." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Presumably, 1877 CE." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.1711" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Griffith, Ralph T. H." }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
Marginalia<\/b><\/p> Cardboard covers, library binding. Paper sleeve, original binding.<\/p> On the paper sleeve, the title has been written in Latin script and black ink: \"n° 4 Laghwamōghānandinishikshá\". A note has been added by Henry Bradshaw<\/a> in pencil: \"leaf 8 may 8 /78 n° 4\"; the number 4 refers to the sequence of 'Sanskrit MSS recd. from Benares, sanctioned May 8, 1878', as listed on folio 17v in List Add.923-1827.<\/p> On folio 1v<\/a>, a catch number (18) (apparently corrected to 19) is to be found, referring to manuscript Add.1709<\/a> and to manuscript Add.1710<\/a>.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Condition",
"value": "Complete, in good condition."
},
{
"label": "Script",
"value": " The Laghvamoghanandinīśikṣā<\/i> is a śikṣā<\/i> (\"Teaching [on Pronunciation]\") belonging to the Yajurvedic school of recitation and included in the branch of knowledge known as vedalakṣaṇa<\/i>. The text consists of 17 kārikā<\/i>s devoted to the pronunciation of \"y\", \"v\" and the \"anusvāra\". The illustrations are taken from the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā<\/i>. This manuscript has been written by the same scribe who wrote the Lomaśīśikṣā<\/i> (Add.1709), written in 1877, and the Keśavīśikṣā<\/i> (Add.1710). These three manuscripts were most probably produced as a single collection, and they share many common features (for instance, paper and layout are identical). Moreover, the present manuscript consists of one single folio numbered as 8, clearly a continuation of the foliation of manuscript Add.1710<\/a> (consisting of seven folios), and the catch number (18) found on its verso is written also on the last folio of manuscript Add.1710<\/a>. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Title",
"value": "Laghvamoghanandinīśikṣā"
},
{
"label": "Author(s) of the Record",
"value": "Giovanni Ciotti and Daniele Cuneo"
},
{
"label": "Material",
"value": "Paper. Folio height: 11.6 cm, width: 27.8 cm. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Layout",
"value": "Written area height: ca. 7 cm, width: ca. 21 cm. 9 lines per page, approximately 45 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 4 mm. Interlinear space height: 4 mm. Impressed marginal frame lines and impressed double ruling.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Date of Acquisition",
"value": "11 May 1878 (University Library stamp). A second library stamp records 6 August 1878 (see above, under Additions)."
},
{
"label": "Foliation",
"value": " 1. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom right margin, verso (number 8).<\/p> 2. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, top left margin, verso (number 8).<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Bibliography",
"value": " Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p> Manuscripts<\/b><\/p> Edition(s)<\/b><\/p>