Details

Standardized Title:

Amarakośa. Selections

Subjects:

Sanskrit language -- Lexicography.
Sanskrit language.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Sanskrit.
Sanskrit language -- Dictionaries.

Form/Genre:

Dictionaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a kind of Sanskrit dictionary or lexicon (kośa) addressing a range of topics and representing the third section of the larger work.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 19v).
Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
19 leaves foliated 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity amarasiṃhakṛtaunāmaliṅgānuśāsane // sāmāptaṃ kāṃḍastṛtīyaḥ sāṃga[?]vasamarpitaḥ // 81 // (f. 19v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 2720 (UP 741).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 741

OCLC:

880975826