Mahābhāṣya, circa 1700-1850. = महाभाष्य, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (72 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 34 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 219
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3fn77 - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Sanskrit language -- Grammar. - Form/Genre:
- Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is divided into a root text, the Mahābhāṣya or "Great commentary," in the center of each folio and a secondary text, the Bhāṣyapradīpa, running parallel above and below it. The root text, by Patañjali is a grammatical commentary and philosophical treatise on the work of Pāṇini, while the secondary text is a grammatical and philosophical super-commentary on the former by Kaiyaṭa. Especially explores the relationship of words and meaning.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 72v); title of super-commentary Bhāṣyapradīpa from secondary colophon (f. 72v).
Written in 14-18 lines per leaf.
72 leaves foliated 1-72, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon (root text): iti śrīmadbhagavatpaṃtaṃjaliviracite vyākaraṇamahābhāṣye aṣṭamasyādhyāyacaturthe pāde prathamamāddhikam pādaścaturthaḥ adhyāyaścāṣṭamaḥ / (f. 72v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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 2492 (UP 219).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 219.
- Contains:
- Kaiyaṭa. Pradīpa.
- OCLC:
- 823036757