Naighaṇṭuka, circa 1700-1850. = नैघण्टुक, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 19 x 9 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 24
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3qv85 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Nirukta. Selections
- Other Title:
- Naighaṇṭa.
- Subjects:
- Vedic philology.
- Form/Genre:
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)
- Summary:
- Late Vedic work; a collection of words grouped into thematic categories, with some brief annotations; a kind of glossary or thesaurus; five sections (adhyāya); groups of similes, synonyms, metonyms, etc. dealing with the natural world, human physiology, as well as epithets of gods and goddesses.
- Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Naighaṇṭa from back title page (f. 21v).
Written 7 lines per leaf.
21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.
Incipit: gmā / jmā / kṣmā / kṣā / kṣamā / kṣoṇī / kṣitiḥ / (f. 1v).
Colophon: iti nighaṃṭāpaṃcamodhyāyaḥ // 5 // śrīkāśīviśveśvarāyanamaḥ // śrīrastu // (f. 21r).
Accented in red; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; marginal corrections by different hand, some in pencil; double vertical lines in red mark margins. - 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 336 (UP 24).
Listed in New Catalogus Catalogorum (Madras: University of Madras, 1978), Vol. 10, p. 114B. - Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 24
- OCLC:
- 155918900