Madhyasiddhāntakaumudī, circa 1700-1850.
मध्यसिद्धान्तकौमुदी

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Varadarāja, active 17th century.

Contributor:

• Dāsa, Vaiṣṇavalakṣmaṇa, scribe.

Standardized Title:

• Laghusiddhāntakaumudī

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita. Siddhāntakaumudī.
• Sanskrit language--Grammar.

Genre:

• commentaries
• treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (105 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1747

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 (laghu) of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's well-known grammatical treatise and commentary, the Siddhāntakaumudī; the second section is called the Tiṅanta.

Notes:

• Title from abbreviations in margins; alternate title Laghusiddhāntakaumudī supplied by cataloger.
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
• 105 leaves foliated 1-105, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti lakārārthaprakriyā // iti tiḍataprakriyāḥ // śubham astu // (f. 105r).
• Scribe is Vaiṣṇavalakṣmaṇa Dāsa (f. 105r).
• 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 single black line; some folios are covered with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 2625 (UP 1747).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1747.

OCLC:

936559868