Details

Standardized Title:

Nirukta. Selections

Subjects:

Vedic language -- Synonyms and antonyms.
Vedic philology.
Sanskrit language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Sanskrit language.
Sanskrit language -- Etymology.

Form/Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Controlled vocabularies.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary:

Early grammar explaining the meaning of words, especially in the Vedic context; rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, etc., as well as a glossary of terms.

Notes:

Written 7-9 lines per leaf.
86 leaves foliated 1-86, upper left and lower right verso.
Accented in red. Some marginal corrections. Mistakes crossed out in black.
Colophon: iti nirukte pūrvaṣaṭke ṣaṣṭo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // svārthaṃparārthaṃ // cha //

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 342 (UP 34).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 34

OCLC:

155918920