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 a beginning.
Referred to as Nāgojī Bhaṭṭa in the colophon (f. 46v), son of Satī and Śiva Bhaṭṭa Upādhyāya.; Title from colophon (f. 185r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 100 leaves foliated 85-172, [i], 173-183, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadupādhyāyopanāmakaśivabhaṭṭasutasatīgarbhajanāgeśabhaṭṭaracetelaghuśabdeṃḍaśekharākhye siddhāṃtakaumudīvyākhyāne uttarārdhasamāptam // saṃvat 1847 mītivai - (f. 183r).; Dated saṃvat 1847 (1790) (f. 183r); first section of manuscript (f. 85-136) is in a different hand, the paper is older, and likely is an earlier date than this.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red or black line.; Folios 137-183 are written in a second scribal hand, and the paper appears to be much newer than the first section of the manuscript (f. 85-136).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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