Grammatical treatise and commentary that develops and expands on Patañjali's early work, the Mahābhāṣya ('Great commentary'), a treatment of Pāṇini's sūtras. Mansucript comprises nine sections, although foliation occurs in three parts.
Non-Latin script record.; 376 leaves foliated (Part 1) [i], 1-263; (Part 2) 1-5, 5-6, 6-63; (Part 3) 1-46, [i], upper left and lower right verso; the first part comprises the first seven sections of the text, the second part is the eighth section, and the third part is the ninth section of the work.; Colophon: iti śrīvidvanmukuṭaratnasyaṃ lakṣmo 'dharasūreḥ sūnunā bhaṭṭojidīkṣitena kṛte ṣabdakaustubhe prathamādhyāyasya prathame pāde navamamānhikaṃ pādaścāpaṃ samāptaḥ // (f. 46v).; Title from colophon (Part 3, f. 46v).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Several folios colored yellow.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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