Details

Standardized Title:

Pāṇinīyaśikṣā.

Subjects:

Sanskrit language -- Grammar.
Vedāṅgas.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a short grammatical treatise that comments on the grammatical structure of Vedic hymns and is considered part of Vedic supplementary literature, the Vedāṅga. Manuscript begins with the fourth chapter of Pāṇini's complete work but likely represents a particular short recension, reconfiguration, or selection of the larger work.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-6, [7], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śikṣāsamāptā // om̐ // (f. 7r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Watermarks of a coat of arms with the word AUSTRIA across it; Made in Austria; and Super Quality.

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 365 (UP 2041).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2041.

OCLC:

956710180