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Nirukta pūrvaṣaṭka, circa 1700-1850.
निरुक्त पुर्वशट्क
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 34
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Yāska, attributed name.
- Standardized Title:
- Nirukta. Selections
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Vedic language--Synonyms and antonyms.
- Vedic language.
- Vedic philology.
- Sanskrit language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Sanskrit language.
- Sanskrit language--Etymology.
- Genre:
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Controlled vocabularies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (86 leaves) : paper ; 24 x 11 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 34
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)
- Summary:
- Early grammar explaining the meaning of words, especially in the Vedic context; rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, etc., as well as a glossary of terms.
- Notes:
- Written 7-9 lines per leaf.
- 86 leaves foliated 1-86, upper left and lower right verso.
- Accented in red. Some marginal corrections. Mistakes crossed out in black.
- Colophon: iti nirukte pūrvaṣaṭke ṣaṣṭo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // svārthaṃparārthaṃ // cha //
- Cited in:
- Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 342 (UP 34).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 34
- OCLC:
- 155918920
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