वास्तु मण्डन (मण्डन सूत्रधार - गृह, राजप्रासाद, दुर्ग एवं नगर-वास्तु सटीक)

INTRODUCTION xi Here also we find a few peculiarities of the scribe. He has a tendency of writing same consonants one after another. Such as मानसोल्लास् (lbsl8) or भर्भु instead of भर्तुः (ld3sl3) or ललं instead of तलं (28b.5) and many more. He writes ‘राम’ on each ‘B’ folio and after folio 28ᵗʰ it seems the handwriting has been changed. Here, in the post-colophon entry the scribe writes सुतेन देवसिंहेण प्रार्थितः श्रैनन्दनः / Then he indexed the ślokas with numbers in each chapter and at the end he gives his own short details संवत् 1897 माधवदिगरौश्री उदयपुरत्राधान्या श्रीपुराणा श्रीजगत्सिंह विजयराज्ये भट्टभाइ रामसुतोभट्टनीलकंठोहम लेखि श्रीरामोजयति / It seems the scribe is a devotee of Rāma. In the descriptive catalogue, it is written that extent in ślokas are 900 but actually we find lesser numbers. Manuscript C The third Manuscript (C) is collected form the Oriental Institute, M.S. University of Baroda. Its accession no. is 5317. This is a complete manuscript with 49 folia, but 8 folia are missing in between. These are 1, 2, 7, 10, 28, 29, 32,43 folio. The lines per folio are inconsistent. There are 8, 9, 10 or 11 lines in different folia. Script is nāgarī and the date is saṁvat 1811, i.e., 1754 A.D. The name of the scribe is not mentioned in the post colophon. Only the date of copying is given as follows:- सम्बत् १८११ मितिमाघवदि २ मंगलवारसरायां लिपिकृतम् // Manuscripts D and E The fourth (D) and fifth (E) were collected from Saraswati Bhawan, Benaras (Record No. 33876 and 4330). Manuscripts D is incomplete in 18 folios, and the numbers of lines vary from 15 to 19. The script is Nāgarī and the date is not mentioned – size is 12.8 x 6.3 inches. Manuscript E is complete in 25 folios. Numbers of lines are different in different folios varying from 11 to 13 lines. Script is Nāgarī and the size is 13.2 x 4 inches. In this manuscript, we find some marginal notes and a few graphs. It seems that the scribe was proficient in jyotiṣa, so wherever he felt, he did some graph or calculation and made a few comments on the border. In the beginning he writes :- ग्राम नाम अधिष्ठाता कर नक्षत्रमध्यदैकर लिखव/ शुक्रेचन्द्रे जलाधारौ देवता वसते गुरौ// रवौ चतुष्पदस्थानम् मेडिका निश्चयावधः/ भौमेऽग्निधकं चैव शनौ राहौ क्षयंकरः //१//