Dear Indology members,
I am trying to decipher a colophon of a Jain manuscript of Hariṣena’s Dhammaparikkhā, but I have trouble in reading some parts of it.
Could anyone help me with the lines that I have marked? (picture below)
The colophon starts with giving the date (saṃvat 1595 varṣe pauṣadha māse śukla pakṣe … tithau vu(?) maṃgalavāre), but after that I cannot figure out what it says.
I suspect it is about a place and about a ruler of that time.
This obtained this manuscript from Kobatirth, where they told me it is a manuscript from Bhanka. Does anyone know how the manuscripts from Bhanka ended up in Kobatirth, and what the original bhandar was?
Many thanks!
Yours,
Heleen
Heleen De Jonckheere
Doctoral Researcher (BOF)
Dept. Languages and Cultures
Ghent University
Blandijnberg 2 - 9000 Ghent - Room 150.009