Manuscript is for consultation and study and comprises the first four sections of the first chapter of Pāṇini's well-known grammar, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, which is part of the genre of Vedāṅga literature, commenting on grammatical usage in the Vedas.
6th-century B.C. Sanskrit grammarian from the northern part of South Asia in the Peshawar valley (in present-day Pakistan).; Title from colophon (f. 1r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti turīyaḥ pādaḥ // prathamo dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 6v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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