Collection (3 works) Emmanuel FRANCISCNRS, CEIAS UMR 8564, EHESS/CNRS TST Project 2023 Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits Indien 299 Tamoul 299Ducler 24bis https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc103829chttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525188153

A multi-text manuscript containing three works: The Aruṇakirippurāṇam, that is, Aruṇācalapurāṇam, text and commentry (interspersed). See Zvelebil (1995, p. 70). The Tamiḻ Aṟiyum Perumāḷ Katai. The Viṟaliviṭutūtu.

<term xml:lang="en">Collection: Title Page</term>Aruṇācalapurāṇam: Mūlam & Urai

BnF Indien 297 BnF Indien 298 BnF Indien 572 BnF Indien 983

Tamiḻ Aṟiyum Perumāḷ Katai: Mūlam

BnF Indien 416

Viṟaliviṭutūtu: Mūlam

Cambridge University Library, MS Or.2020

{2} + {1} + 333 + {2} (U1 + U2 + U3 + U4). the front cover. 2 folios = front guard leaves. No foliation. Blank recto verso. 1 folio = Collection: Title Page. No foliation. Verso blank.333 folios = the texts. Original Arabic foliation 1-251.1., 251.2-332 (two folios foliated 251!). Successive original Tamil foliation 1-232 [parallel to Arabic foliation 1-232], 1-56 [parallel to Arabic foliation 230-251, 251-284], 1-48 [parallel to Arabic foliation 285-332]. First two Tamil foliation overlap: f230-232 of first Tamil foliation = f1-3 of of second Tamil foliation. 229 folios = Aruṇācalapurāṇam. Original Arabic foliation 1-229 = first Tamil foliation 1-229.56 folios = Tamiḻ Aṟiyum Perumāḷ Katai. Original Arabic foliation 230-251, 251-284 = first Tamil foliation 230-232 = second Tamil foliation 1-56.48 folios = Viṟaliviṭutūtu. Original Arabic foliation 285-332 = third Tamil foliation 1-48.2 folios = back guard leaves. No foliation. Blank recto verso. the back cover. Good state of preservation. Ducler's scribe.Possibly several different hands though. Ducler's scribe.Note in black ink on a detached paper leaf (not covered by Gallica photos): Mr Duclerque, N° 8 Ce livre contient trois histoires fabuleuses dont 1° Arounaſsalapouraname, 2° Tamijariyoume Peroumalecadé, 3° Viralividoudoûdou, The number is that found in the catalogue of Velanguani Arokium (1845). Note on a detached paper leaf (not covered by Gallica photos): 292 in black pencil and 2463 in black ink.

Original ebony cover.

 No internal date. Dated to circa 1828 by Vinson (in Vinson et al. 1866-) and to 1828 by Cabaton (1912), on unstated grounds (presumably Ducler's provenance). By Ducler's scribe, working around 1830. Probably not before 1828 (date of the earliest internally dated Ducler's manuscript). Not later than its first mention (Burnouf 1832). South India, Pondicherry State, Karikal.

Copied for Philippe Ducler by an unnamed copyist in Karaikal Jail. See Burnouf (1832).

Acquired, July 22nd, 1833, from Philippe Ducler. See BnF, département des Manuscrits, inventaire 1 = Acquisitions: manuscrits et imprimés documentaires, 1833-1848, no. 80.

 Aruṇācalapurāṇam 1906. Caiva Ellappanāvalar pāṭiya Aruṇācalapurāṇam. Mūlamum – uraiyum. Iḵtu Kōkulapuram Aruṇācala Mutaliyārāl pārvaiyiṭappaṭṭu. Tirupari Irattiṉāmutaliyār avarkaḷ āṟṟamatu. Kalaikkiyāṉamuttirākṣaracālaiyiṟ patikappikkappaṭṭatu. Ceṉṉai.Burnouf, Eugène. 1832. Rapport fait au Conseil, dans la séance du 2 juillet 1832, sur les collections de manuscrits et de dessins rapportées de l’Inde par M. Ducler, administrateur de Carical, membre de la Société asiatique. Journal asiatique 10, p. 84-91. — See p. 89, n° 24bis.Cabaton, Antoine. 1912. Catalogue sommaire des manuscrits indiens, indo-chinois & malayo-polynésiens. Bibliothèque nationale. Département des manuscrits. Paris: E. Leroux. — See p. 44, no. 299.Velanguani Arokium [Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi Ārōkkiyam]. 1845. Catalogue des manuscrits tamouls de la Bibliothèque royale. BnF NAF 5443. — See p. 6, no. 8.Vinson, Julien & Feer, Léon & s.n. 1866-. Catalogue des manuscrits tamoul et télinga. Manuscript, BnF Indien 577. — See f. 69r, no. 275 298. Zvelebil, Kamil V. (1995). Lexicon of Tamil Literature. Leiden [etc.]: Brill.

General ― Unmarked length of ō and ē supplied. Unmarked puḷḷi supplied. Conjectural reading (text unclear) between parentheses. Supplied reading (text lost) between square brackets. Alternative readings separated by slash. In transliteration ― Unmarked elided overshort u supplied as an apostrophe. Uppercase for initial vowels. Symbols between curly brackets. Abbreviations ― c = column; f = folio; lf = library foliation; lm = left margin; r = recto; rm = right margin; u / U followed by a number = unit (codicological and/or textual); v = verso.     

Record created by Emmanuel FRANCIS.Revised by Emmanuel FRANCIS. Version 1, March 2023. Ce livre contient trois ouvrages 1er Arounaſsalapouranam 2nd Tamijariyoumbermalcadé 3me Virallyvidoutoudou blank page hariḥ Om mikka vēta m eṉṟa v-āṟu – tirucciṟṟampalam – teṇṭapāṇi tuṇai blank page hariḥ Om Aruṇakiri -p-purāṇam pāyiram mutiruñ cuvai puḷakātipa -c-carukkam ti peruvārkaḷ eṉṟa vāṟu ~ 8 ~ puḷakātipa-c-carukka muṟṟum Aruṇacalappiṟāṇam yeḻuti niṟa vēṟittutu muṟṟum tamiḻ aṟiyum perumāḷ katai Alakāpuri yeṉṟ' oru paṭṭaṉam koṇṭiruntārkaḷ yeṉṟa vāṟu tamiḻ aṟiyum perumāḷ katai yeḻuti muṭintutu blank page hariḥ Om naṉṟāka kuru vāḻ kuruvē tuṇai kāṟ pūtta mēṉik karuṇait tiruneṭumāl pār pūt=ta Untip parantāmaṉ nīr pūtta vēlaikku miṟk kaṭainta vēlai taru teḷḷamutiṉa m ālaitaru veṇ cāṟaṭupākum pālum The text stops abruptly here.