1 folio, folded, library foliation 7 = 2 Tamil syllabaries, by hand n° 2 (possibly a different hand for
Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Indien 508
Collection
Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Library
Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
Date
1704 at the earliest, since this is the internal date given for the last of the five land transactions recorded on the plate, dated respectively to the year Śaka 1616 (1694‒5 CE) and the year Tātu (1696‒7 CE) of the Jovian cycle for the first two, to the year Śaka 1618 (1696‒7 CE) and the year Vekutāṉiya (1698‒9 CE) of the Jovian cycle for the third, to the year Śaka 1621 (1699‒1700 CE) and the year Viṣa (i.e. Viṣu) (1701‒1702 CE) of the Jovian cycle for the fourth and to the year Cupāṉu (1703‒1704 CE) of the Jovian cycle for the fifth and last one. There is thus a discrepancy of two years between the Śaka and Jovian cycle years.
Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Indien 2
Collection
Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Library
Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
Date
1707/1709. The commentary (U5) is dated to 1707. See colophon U5, f139). The text (U3) is dated to 1709. See colophon U3, f32).Dated to circa 1780 by Vinson (1868) and to 1780 by Cabaton (1912), on unstated grounds (presumably palaeographical and material analysis arguments).
