Siddhāntakaumudī, circa 1700-1850; सिद्धान्तकौमुदी, १७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Samāsa

Name:

Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for consultation or teaching is an arrangement of and commentary on the sūtras of the grammarian Pāṇini. It is a part of the Siddhāntakaumudī that deals with Sanskrit compounds (samāsa). Manuscript is incomplete. A flower is created on the back of the manuscript using primarily the blessing/mantra Śrī as well as mantras praising the deities Śiva and Rāma.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit language -- Grammar

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; commentaries; drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (38 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

17th-century Sanskrit grammarian and commentator who lived in Maharashtra.; Title from abbreviations in margins; alternate title Samāsa found in a colophon incorporated into a floral design at the end of the manuscript (f. 86v).; Written in 8-13 lines per leaf.; 69 leaves foliated 18-86, 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.; Colophon: iti samāsaḥ samāptāḥ // (f. 86v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1717

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts