{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin", "value": "17th century (see the second codicological unit).Nepāl, Kathmandu." }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Nepāl; Kathmandu." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought by Dr. D. Wright on behalf of the Cambridge University Library in 1875." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "111 ff. (folios 17, 29, 92, 104 are missing. Two folios are numbered 39)." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "17th century (see the second codicological unit)." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.1475.1" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
Marginalia<\/b><\/p> Wood cover, original binding. The back cover is wrapped in what seems to be a bundle of strings for manuscripts.<\/p>Two string holes (now bolted in the front cover)."
},
{
"label": "Condition",
"value": "Complete, in generally good condition (many folios are slightly worn out)."
},
{
"label": "Script",
"value": " The Pañcarakṣā<\/i> corpus (\"Five Protections\") consists of the Mahāpratisarā<\/i>, Mahāmāyūrī<\/i>, Mahāsāhasrapramardanī<\/i>, Mahāmantrānusāriṇī<\/i>, and Mahāśītavatī<\/i>. The earliest evidence for texts grouped together as the \"Five Great Dhāraṇīs\" comes from Tibetan catalogues around 800 CE, but this compendium is somewhat different from the surviving Sanskrit collection, which is preserved in manuscripts dating back to the eleventh century. These scriptures include spells, enumerations of benefits and ritual instructions for use. With the course of time all of them became deified and five related goddesses emerged. It is, however, important to note that the texts themselves do not have any references to these goddesses. (Zwalf 1985: 70). The script and the layout of this composite paper manuscript clearly points to the 17th century. The last folio is a later supply bearing the date 1682 CE, and it might not have been written much later than the date of production of the kernel; since \"there is every reason to believe that it is simply a fresh copy of leaf<\/i>(!)<\/i> found to be damaged\" (Bendall 1883: 105), this might arguably be an instance of a copied date (and thus the manuscript might be dated 1682 CE). If this is the case, then this manuscript was written during the reign of Pārthivendramalla, who ruled in Kathmandu between 1680 and 1687. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Title",
"value": "Pañcarakṣā"
},
{
"label": "Author(s) of the Record",
"value": "Daniele Cuneo and Camillo Formigatti"
},
{
"label": "Material",
"value": "Nepalese multi-layered paper. Folio height: 5.5 cm, width: 30 cm. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Physical Description",
"value": " Composite manuscript consisting of two codicological units. The second, dependent codicological unit consists of one paper folio of the same dimension of the rest of manuscript, and added at the end of the manuscript, containing the end of the text and the colophon.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Layout",
"value": "Written area height: 2.5-3.5 cm, width: 26-27 cm. 5 lines per page, approximately 72 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 3-4 mm. Interlinear space height: 1-3 mm. Two string holes. String hole spaces height: 2 cm, width: 1.5 cm, depth: 10.5 cm."
},
{
"label": "Date of Acquisition",
"value": "8 December 1875 (ULIB 7/3/55; List Add.923-1827);"
},
{
"label": "Foliation",
"value": " 1. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, mid-right margin, verso.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Bibliography",
"value": " Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p> Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>