Articles on Manuscript Colophon Evidence
On the Date of Harsakirti's Kalyanamandirastotratika
By Claus Vogel · Sambodhi, 1976
Claus Vogel’s contribution is an exercise in historical detective work. It focuses on the dating of the Kalyāṇamaṇḍirastotrāṭikā, a commentary (ṭikā) attributed to the Jaina scholar Harṣakīrti on the Kalyāṇamaṇḍirastotra, a celebrated hymn praising the…
Date of Subhasitamuktavali
By P. K. Gode · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
In 'Date of Subhasitamuktavali', P. K. Gode tackles the longstanding puzzle of when the Sanskrit anthology Subhasitamuktavali (also known as Subhasitaharavali) was compiled. The anthology, attributed in some manuscripts to Hari Kavi, consists of 560 verses…
Who wrote the Bhasapariccheda ?
By Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941
This short article investigates the authorship of the Nyāya primer Bhāsāpariccheda (also known as Bhāṣāpariccheda). The treatise, widely studied in traditional logic curricula, has long been attributed to Viśvanātha Pañcānana, whose commentaries such as…
The Malla Era
By Sushil Kumar De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
In response to a previous note on the chronology of the Malla dynasty of Bengal, this short article confirms the existence of a distinct “Malla Era” used in certain inscriptions from the kingdom of Viṣṇupur. By examining a newly discovered manuscript, the…