Twelve texts on various subjects

The bundle contains the following twelve texts: Bhagavadgītā [f° 2v: end of 1st adhyāya; f° 5r: end of 2nd adhyāya; f° 7r: end of 3rd adhyāya; f° 9r: end of 4th adhyāya; f° 10v: end of 5th adhyāya; f° 12v: end of 6th adhyāya; f° 13v: end of 7th adhyāya; f° 15r: end of 8th adhyāya; f° 17r: end of 9th adhyāya; f° 18v: end of 10th adhyāya; f° 21r: end of 11th adhyāya; f° 21v end of 12th adhyāya; f° 23r: end of 13th adhyāya; f° 24r: end of 14th adhyāya; f° 24v: end of 15th adhyāya; f° 25v: end of 16th adhyāya; f° 26v: end of 17th adhyāya; f° 30v: end of 18th adhyāya] (images 0007-0066). Bhāgavatapurāṇa - 8th skandha [f° 2r: end of 8.2; f° 3v: end of 8.3; f° 4v: end of 8.4] (images 0067-0084). Brahmasiddhi by Maṇḍana Miśra. The text starts with Maṇḍana's autocommentary on BSi 1.34, f° 1v (pencil numeration): end of the Tarkakāṇḍa; f° 32r: end of the Niyogakāṇḍa (images 0085-0150). Vedāntakalpataru by Amalānanda (images 0151-0162). Īśāvāsyopaniṣad (images 0163-0164). [Saṃnyāsavidhivyākhyā] / Jābālopaniṣad - the text corresponds closely, despite some differences, with the Jābāla Upaniṣad, it might actually be a version of the Upaniṣad that is slightly at odds with the printed one, no indication, however, is given at the end of the text that would allow us to identify the Upaniṣad as such (images 0165-0170). Āgamaśāstra by Gauḍapāda - from verse 10 of prakaraṇa 1 (on the Māṇḍūkya), till the end of the 1st prakaraṇa (images 0171-0174). Śivapadī (Vedic mantra) - (images 0175-0184). Kaṭhopaniṣad - from 1.1 to 2.3, text interrupted before the end of the section (images 0185-0192). [Fragments of the Devībhāgavata] (images 0193-0198). [Fragments of religious works: Bhagavadgītā, Kaṭhopaniṣad, Saṃskāravidhi, Mahābhārata, Viṣṇupurāṇa, Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra] (f° 3r: Bhagavadgītā 2.20; f° 4-5: Kaṭopaniṣad; f° 7r: Mahābhārata, 5th parvan; f° 8r: Viṣṇupurāṇa; f° 9r: Sahasranāmastotra) - (images 0199-0225). Narasiṃhāṣṭaka in nine ślokas (images 0226-0229). The manuscript is damaged. Bhagavadgītā, Īśāvāsyopaniṣad, [Saṃnyāsavidhivyākhyā] / Jābālopaniṣad, Śivapadī (Vedic mantra), and Narasiṃhāṣṭaka are complete. The manuscript is damaged. Other related subjects provided by project holder on text K: 'Miscellaneous'.

Extent: 113 leaves (1 stray leaf).

Size and dimensions of original material: W 4.8 x L 43.5; W 4.3 x L 32; W 4.6 x L 43.5; W 4.7 x L 43; W 4.7 x L 43.2; W 4.7 x L 43.6; W 4.5 x L 28.8; W 4.7 x L 43.5; W 3.5-4.7 x L 37.5 to 43; W 4.3 x L 36.5.

Condition of original material: Damaged, worm-eaten.

Arrangement: Shelf number 3.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Maṇḍana Miśra; Amalānanda; Gauḍapāda.

Scribe(s): *tāśana (unreadable due to damage), possibly, Īśana.

Original institution reference: B0644 (A-L).