Details

Subjects:

Sanskrit language -- Tense.
Sanskrit language.
Sanskrit language -- Grammar.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

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 is for consultation and study, especially for students beginning to learn Sanskrit grammar. First part of manuscript is a rearrangement and abridgment of Pāṇini's grammar as interpreted by Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita and comprises a sub-section of the larger work. Second part is an unidentified grammatical work dealing with verbal tenses such as present, past, and future (laṭ, liṭ, and luṭ).

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 5-10 lines per leaf.
33 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-18; (Part 2) 1-13, [14-15], upper left and lower right verso.
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 double red line. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.
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 2642 (UP 254).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 254.

OCLC:

826017281