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Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī, circa 1700-1850.
मध्यसिद्धान्तकौमुदी

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 241
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Varadarāja.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Sanskrit language--Grammar.
Genre:
commentaries
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (28 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 27 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 241
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
17th-century grammarian and student of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita, known for his commentary and abridgements of his teacher's work.
Summary:
Manuscript was used for consultation or study and is an abridgment of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's well-known grammatical treatise and commentary, the Siddhāntakaumudī.
Notes:
Title from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
28 leaves foliated 1-23, 25-29, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity ajaṃtāḥ pumliṃgāḥ (f. 29v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder. Decorative floral boarder on front cover (f. 1r).
Non-Latin script record.
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 2623 (UP 241).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 241.
OCLC:
824502617

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