Laghuśabdenduśekhara, circa 1700-1850; लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, active 1670-1750

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for consultation or teaching and is a grammatical commentary on Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's Siddhāntakaumudī, particularly emphasizing religious aspects or qualities of traditional grammatical treatises as well as elevating the ancient grammarians such as Pāṇini and Patāñjali to a semi-divine status. Manuscript lacks an end.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit language -- Grammar; Sanskrit language -- Grammar -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); commentaries; treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (91 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, also referred to as Nāgojī Bhaṭṭa, is the son of Satī and Śiva Bhaṭṭa Upādhyāya. He was a grammatical commentator from the late 17th and early 18th centuries.; Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śabdenduśekhara from incipit (f. 1v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 91 leaves foliated 1-6, 31-78, 78-87, 89-114, [i], 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; a few folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 256

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts