Amarakośa. Kāṇḍa 1, circa 1700-1850; अमरकोश.काण्ड १,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Amarasiṃha

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is one of the oldest Sanskrit dictionaries and lexicons; contains the first section (kāṇḍa) of the text. Work also known by the title Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana and contains a commentary running parallel above and below the main text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit language -- Lexicography; Sanskrit language; Sanskrit language -- Dictionaries; Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Dictionaries; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 15 x 31 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana from colophon (f. 29v); title of commentary Amarakośaṭīkā from commentary colophon (f. 29v).; Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.; 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity amarasiṃhakṛtau nāmaliṃgānuśāsane // svarādikāṃḍaḥ prathamaḥ sāṃga eva samarthitaḥ // 281 // (f. 29v).; Colophon of commentary: iti sukaṭhanakaropākhyam amarakośaṭīkāyāṃ śiśubodhinyāṃ svarādi kāṃḍaḥ prathamaḥ samāptaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // vikārisaṃvacharaphālguṇavadhyapratipadābhomavāsaretāsa 12 idaṃ pustakaṃ samāptāṃ // (f. 29v-30r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1481

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts