[INDOLOGY] Paṭhanārtha and vācanārtha

[jacob at fabularasa.dk]

Dear colleagues,

I have recently come across the expressions "paṭhanārtha" and 
"vācanārtha" at the end of a few colophons in Jaina manuscripts and 
drawings/diagrams. I assume that the expressions indicate that the 
text/drawing in question was copied for purposes of study, and would be 
interested to know if they are conventionally used in colophons to 
indicate as much.

Kind regards,
Jacob

Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
PhD Fellow (Indology)
University of Copenhagen
Denmark