Amarakośa. Kāṇḍa 1, circa 1700-1850.
अमरकोश. काण्ड १,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Amarasiṃha.

Standardized Title:

Amarakośa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit language--Lexicography.

Sanskrit language.

Sanskrit language--Dictionaries.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Sanskrit.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

dictionaries

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper ; 15 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1481

Other Title:

Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is one of the oldest Sanskrit dictionaries and lexicons; contains the first section (kāṇḍa) of the text. Work also known by the title Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana and contains a commentary running parallel above and below the main text.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana from colophon (f. 29v); title of commentary Amarakośaṭīkā from commentary colophon (f. 29v).

Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.

30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity amarasiṃhakṛtau nāmaliṃgānuśāsane // svarādikāṃḍaḥ prathamaḥ sāṃga eva samarthitaḥ // 281 // (f. 29v).

Colophon of commentary: iti sukaṭhanakaropākhyam amarakośaṭīkāyāṃ śiśubodhinyāṃ svarādi kāṃḍaḥ prathamaḥ samāptaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // vikārisaṃvacharaphālguṇavadhyapratipadābhomavāsaretāsa 12 idaṃ pustakaṃ samāptāṃ // (f. 29v-30r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 2729 (UP 1481).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1481.

Contains:

Amarakośaṭīkā.

OCLC:

911507927