<title xml:lang="ta">Kantapurāṇam (vol. 2 of 4) Emmanuel FRANCISCNRS, CEIAS UMR 8564, EHESS/CNRS TST Project 2023 Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits Indien 325 Tamoul 325Ducler 12 https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc103854q/cN10038https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52513300t

The volume 2 of a 4-volume Kantapurāṇam (BnF Indien 324-327).

The Kantapurāṇam is one of the major Tamil texts about the god Skanda/Murukaṉ. It is the work of Kacciyappa Civācāriyār (14th century?).

The present manuscript is the second volume of a multi-volume manuscript in four volumes (BnF Indien 324-327).

The text is complete.

Paratexts: marginal benedictions; invocation page; marginal chapter headers; in-text chapter completion statement and total stanzas; colophon.

Description based on the examination of the original manuscript (June 2019).

Dimensions assessed at the time of examination.

 Kantapurāṇam: Mūlam (<term xml:lang="en">part 2 of 4</term>)Kacciyappa CivācāriyārIn-text chapter completions statements. See selection below. {1} + 349 + {1} (U1 + U2 + U3). the front cover.1 folio = guard leaf. No foliation.349 folios = Kantapurāṇam: Text (part 2 of 4). Parallel Tamil foliation 1–349 and Arabic foliation 1–349. Continued from BnF Indien 324.1 folio = guard leaf. No foliation.the back cover.Excellent state of preservation. Ducler's scribe. A paper leaf comes along with the bundle, with a text in French, in black ink, on the recto: Mr Ducler, N° 34 N° 325added in black pencil Intitulé scandam, ou candapouranam, ou histoire de Soubramaniar, second fils de Sivane, La guerre avec les geans [i.e. les géants] dit Sourparmas. Tome second (ouvrage anonyme) Contenant 350 feuilles, The number is that found in the catalogue of Velanguani Arokium (1845). Left-marginal intertitles. See selection below.

Original ebony woodcovers.

No internal date. Dated after the date in the colophon of Indien 327 (U2, f163v5). Dated t0 1830 by Vinson in Vinson & al. (1866-), on the basis of the colophon, and by Cabaton (1912). 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. 76.

 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: 84-91. — See p. 88, n0. 12.Cabaton, Antoine. 1912. Catalogue sommaire des manuscrits indiens, indo-chinois & malayo-polynésiens. Bibliothèque nationale. Département des manuscrits. Paris: E. Leroux. — See p. 47, n0s. 324-327.Velanguani Arokium [Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi Ārōkkiyam]. 1845. Catalogue des manuscrits tamouls de la Bibliothèque royale. BnF NAF 5443. — See p. 18, no. 34.Vinson, Julien & Feer, Léon & s.n. 1866-. Catalogue des manuscrits tamoul et télinga. Manuscript, BnF Indien 577. — See f. 74r, nos. 300-303 324-327.

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.

This catalogue entry has been redacted by Emmanuel FRANCIS (CNRS, CEIAS UMR 8564, EHESS & CNRS) for the research program Texts Surrounding Texts (TST, FRAL 2018, ANR/DFG). Version 1, April 2020. Converted to TEI by Charles LI.Updated to TST encoding conventions by Emmanuel FRANCIS.Revised by Emmanuel FRANCIS. Version 2, May 2022. cukkira ṉ-upatē ca-p-paṭa lam Aṟṟā kiṉṟa vēllaiyiṉ muṉṉar araṇampōṟ cuṟṟā niṟkun tāṉavar taṅkōṉ ṟolaivilcīr peṟṟāṉ eṉṉu n taṉmaiyaiy uṉṉip peruvaṉmai yuṟṟā rolleṉ ṟārttaṉar āṟṟa vuvappuṟṟār 1 – kaṅkulpōn tiṭutaluṅ kaṇapaṇap paṉṉakam nuṅkuṟā takalavē nōṟṟumāl ēntiṭuñ caṅkamā maticelac cakkarap paṭaiyeṉat tuṅkamō ṭeḻutalpōṟ ṟōṉṟiṉaṉ parutiyē – 393 – mutaṉāḷai-p-pōrpaṭalamuṟṟum – Āka viruttam – 457