Jaiminīyanyāyamālāvistara (Adhyāya 5) (Commentary on Mīmāṃsāsūtra)

This is a summary of Jaimini’s Pūrvamīmāṃsāsūtra written in verses, accompanied by a prose, explanation by Mādhavācārya. The text contains twelve adhyāyas, further divided into many pādas; each pāda is divided into several adhikaraṇas, and each adhikaraṇa contains Jaimini’s sūtras. This manuscript contains only the fifth adhyāya, discused about Anuṣṭhānakrama, which comprises four pādas. The first pāda (f. 1b–10a) contains 18 adhikaraṇas; the second pāda (f. 10a–15a) contains 12 adhikaraṇas; the third pāda (f. 15a–20b) contains 15 adhikaraṇas; and the fourth pāda (f. 20b–24a) contains 9 adhikaraṇas. This text is considered an important source for understanding the foundational Pūrvamīmāṃsāsūtra, the primary text of the Pūrvamīmāṃsā school of philosophy. The author of this commentary, Mādhavācārya—founder of the Dvaita school of Vedānta philosophy—also served as a minister at the court of Bukka, the king of Vijayanagara. (Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 24 leaves foliated 1–24, upper left and lower right verso. Minor mistakes blacked out; some minor corrections and additions in margins.) According to the Penn. cataloguer the Ms. was originally part of a single manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390 Items 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 (all accessible on the UPenn. site).