Details

Standardized Title:

Amarakośa

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Dictionaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Summary:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 41r).
Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
Scribe is Gaṇeśa (f. 41r).
41 leaves foliated 1-41, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity amarasiṃahakṛtau nāmaliṃgānuśāsane // dviīIyo bhūmikāṃḍoyaṃ sāṃga eva samarthitaḥ // idaṃ gaṇeśena likhitaṃ //
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 2721 (UP 1543).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1543.

Contributor:

Gaṇeśa Nātu, scribe.

OCLC:

927415569