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Laghuśabdenduśekhara, circa 1700-1850. = लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, active 1670-1750.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (91 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 256
Status/Location:
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Other Title:
Śabdenduśekhara.
Subjects:
Sanskrit language -- Grammar.
Sanskrit language -- Grammar -- Religious aspects.
Form/Genre:
Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, also referred to as Nāgojī Bhaṭṭa, is the son of Satī and Śiva Bhaṭṭa Upādhyāya. He was a grammatical commentator from the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Summary:
Manuscript is employed for consultation or teaching and is a grammatical commentary on Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī, particularly emphasizing religious aspects or qualities of traditional grammatical treatises as well as elevating the ancient grammarians such as Pāṇini and Patāñjali to a semi-divine status. Manuscript lacks an end.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śabdenduśekhara from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
91 leaves foliated 1-6, 31-78, 78-87, 89-114, [i], 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; a few 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 2587 (UP 256).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 256
OCLC:
826861358