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Nairukta uttaraṣaṭka. Adhyāya 1, circa 1700-1850. = नैरुक्त उत्तरषट्क. अध्याय १, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Yāska.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2022
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Nirukta. Selections
Other Title:
Nairukta uttaraṣaṣṭka
Subjects:
Vedic philology.
Sanskrit language -- Grammar.
Sanskrit language -- Etymology.
Sanskrit language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Sanskrit language.
Form/Genre:
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Controlled vocabularies.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Early grammar explaining the meanings of words, especially in their Vedic context; includes rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, and a glossary of terms.
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Nairukta uttaraṣaṣṭka from colophon (f. 15r).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti nairukte uttaraṣaṣṭke prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 15r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Watermarks of a coat of arms that includes an elephant (possibly a war elephant) and palm trees. An illegible name starting with a C and the initials D.B. & C. appear on some folios.
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 346 (UP 2022).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2022.
OCLC:
954471649