Laghuśabdenduśekhara, circa 1700-1850.
लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, active 1670-1750.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit language--Grammar.

Sanskrit language--Grammar--Religious aspects.

Sanskrit language.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (91 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 256

Other Title:

Śabdenduśekhara.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, also referred to as Nāgojī Bhaṭṭa, is the son of Satī and Śiva Bhaṭṭa Upādhyāya. He was a grammatical commentator from the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for consultation or teaching and is a grammatical commentary on Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī, particularly emphasizing religious aspects or qualities of traditional grammatical treatises as well as elevating the ancient grammarians such as Pāṇini and Patāñjali to a semi-divine status. Manuscript lacks an end.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śabdenduśekhara from incipit (f. 1v).

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

91 leaves foliated 1-6, 31-78, 78-87, 89-114, [i], lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; a few folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.

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 2587 (UP 256).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 256

OCLC:

826861358