Nirukta pūrvaṣaṭka, circa 1700-1850; निरुक्त पुर्वशट्क, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Yāska (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Early grammar explaining the meaning of words, especially in the Vedic context; rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, etc., as well as a glossary of terms.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedic language -- Synonyms and antonyms; Vedic philology; Sanskrit language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Sanskrit language; Sanskrit language -- Etymology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; controlled vocabularies

Physical Description:

1 item (86 leaves) : paper; 24 x 11 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written 7-9 lines per leaf.; 86 leaves foliated 1-86, upper left and lower right verso.; Accented in red. Some marginal corrections. Mistakes crossed out in black.; Colophon: iti nirukte pūrvaṣaṭke ṣaṣṭo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // svārthaṃparārthaṃ // cha //; In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 34

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts