Dates, Places, Verses: Random Remarks on the Catalogue of the “Paṇḍit Collection” in the Royal Library, Copenhagen

Abstract Reviewing the catalogue of the Paṇḍit Collection in the Royal Library at Copenhagen, which was (as far as the colophons allow this conclusion) mainly collected from Western India and from Benares during the 16th through 19th centuries, offers also an opportunity for a preliminary study of s...

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Published in:Indo-Iranian journal
Main Author: Hinüber, Oskar von 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Further subjects:B scribal verses
B dates (years expressed in words, missing digits, seasons (udagayana), intercalary months (adhika-, dvitīya-°, antargata-°))
B COLOPHONS
B Place names
B scribal remarks in Marāṭhī
B vocabulary used in dates (uttamamāsa, parimiti-°, pratipakṣa, pravarttamāna, prahara, °-mita, °-pramita, °-saṃmita, miti)
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Summary:Abstract Reviewing the catalogue of the Paṇḍit Collection in the Royal Library at Copenhagen, which was (as far as the colophons allow this conclusion) mainly collected from Western India and from Benares during the 16th through 19th centuries, offers also an opportunity for a preliminary study of some aspects of colophons, particularly the problems incurred in fully understanding the dates and their vocabulary. Moreover, concluding verses attached by copyists at the end of their manuscripts were assembled from the catalogue.
ISSN:1572-8536
Contains:Enthalten in: Indo-Iranian journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06403004