Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study)
by Padma Sugavanam | 2011 | 95,782 words
This page relates 鈥楳anuscript Details of the Bharatashastra鈥� of the thesis dealing with Kohala鈥檚 contribution to the Sanskrit textual tradition of ancient Indian performing arts. The study focuses specifically on music (Gita), dance (Nritya), and drama (Natya). Although Kohala鈥檚 original works have not been found, numerous references to him across Lakshana-Granthas (treatises) and works by modern scholars indicate his significance.
Part 4.1 - Manuscript Details of the 叠丑补谤补迟补艣腻蝉迟谤补
The manuscript of 叠丑补谤补迟补艣腻蝉迟谤补 is available in the GOML, Chennai (Acc. NO. -R20175/ SR 8893). The catalogue bears the title 叠丑补谤补迟补艣腻蝉迟谤补 and refers to the author of this work as Kohal膩c膩ryakavi. But the cover of the manuscript has the title 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补. It is a palm leaf manuscript written in Telugu script. The manuscript is not in very good condition. Most leaves are badly eaten and some are broken. The catalogue mentions that the manuscript contains 350 folios, but only 232 are available now. The folios are in haphazard order. There are page numbers in telugu script in most folios. But some are blurred/ eaten/ broken. A few folios, in the beginning of the manuscript are numbered using roman numerals. According the authorities at GOML, these were made by the IGNCA team during their archival/ cataloguing project.