In the year 2015, I established the date recorded in the colophon of the Kāraṇḍavyūha manuscript dealt with in this paper asWednesday, October 27, 1456 CE (Hori 2015: 1326), using a photo of the colophon reproduced by Moti Chandra (1971: fig. 405). Because the photo is not very clear and parts of the colophon are damaged or illegible, further efforts were necessary to investigate the original. Fortunately, I located the manuscript and had the opportunity to look at the original in Mumbai in January 2019. The purpose of this paper is to describe the Sanskrit manuscript from a codicological perspective and to examine the colophon, based upon the investigation of the original.
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Present location 21 Format 21 Contents of the folios 22 Script 23 Colophon 23 Donor 23 Date 24 Place 25 Scribe 26 Symbols used in the transliteration and Table 1 27 Works cited and abbreviations 27
