Aṣṭādhyāyī, circa 1700-1850; अष्टाध्यायी,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Pāṇini

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript comprises the eight parts of the ancient grammarian Pāṇini's work contained within the corpus of the Vedāṅga dealing with grammatical interpretations of the Vedas.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit language -- Grammar

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (82 leaves) : paper; 9 x 19 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

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. 82r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 82 leaves foliated 1-82, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity aṣṭamādhyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ // pāṇinipraṇītā 'ṣṭādhyāyā samāptā // (f. 82r).; 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.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 212

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts