Prauḍhamanoramā, circa 1700-1850; प्रौढमनोरमा,१७००-१८५०
Contributor:
Sahasabudhi, Vināyaka (scribe)
Name:
Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita; Hari Dīkṣita
Date:
1700
Description:
Grammatical commentary on the author's own grammatical text Siddhāntakaumudī. There is a commentary, possibly the Laghuśabdaratna by Hari Dīkṣita, running parallel, above and below the root text. Manuscript is incomplete. Painting of the deity Gaṇeśa on the cover with what looks to be a dog or monkey faced man serving as an attendant. There are large doodles and designs drawn in different parts of the text in possibly a second scribal hand.
Treatises; Commentaries; Illuminations (visual works); Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Art
Physical Description:
1 item (173 leaves) : paper; 11 x 29 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
17th-century Sanskrit grammarian and commentator who lived in Maharashtra.; Title from incipit (f. 1v); title of super-commentary Laghuśabdaratna supplied by cataloger.; Scribe is Vināyaka Sahasabudhi (f. 1r).; Written in 8-17 lines per leaf.; 173 leaves foliated 1-173, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks of letters and some kind of animal, possibly a lion on its hind legs with a crown.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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