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

Alternate Title:

Nairukta uttaraṣaṣṭka

Name:

Yāska

Date:

1700

Description:

Early grammar explaining the meanings of words, especially in their Vedic context; includes rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, and a glossary of terms.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedic philology; Sanskrit language -- Grammar; Sanskrit language -- Etymology; Sanskrit language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Sanskrit language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Controlled vocabularies

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 9 x 22 cm

Rights:

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

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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts