Details

Subjects:

Sanskrit language -- Grammar.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to the king Vaijaladeva Bhūpati (also called Vaijalabhūpāla, f. 42r), but likely written by the grammarian Rāmacandra in the 17th century.

Summary:

Manuscript is a work of elementary Sanskrit grammar, intended for young learners.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 42r).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmadvaijalabhūpālakṛtāprabodhacaṃdrikāsamāptā // (f. 42r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through part of the manuscript. There is a decorative border drawn in red on the front cover (f. 1r).

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 2648 (UP 1739).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1739.

OCLC:

936371518