Nairukta uttaraṣaṭka, circa 1700-1850; नैरुक्त उत्तरषट्क,१७००१८५०

Contributor:

Yāska (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Early grammar explaining the meanings of words, especially in their Vedic context; rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, etc., as well as a glossary of terms; opens (f. 1v) with text corresponding to the seventh chapter of the critical edition edited by Lakshman Sarup (London: 1920-9).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedic philology; Sanskrit language -- Grammar; Sanskrit language -- Dictionaries; Sanskrit language; Sanskrit language -- Etymology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (117 leaves) : paper; 19 x 9 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written 7 lines per leaf.; 117 leaves foliated 1-117, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti nairukte uttaraṣṭke trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // śrīgajāṃnanārpaṇama[stu] // athaitasya samāmnāyasyā // 1 // (f. 117v).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; marginal corrections by different hands; accented in red; word divisions marked in red; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; double red vertical lines mark margins; some leaves colored blue (f. 108-109, 112-117).; Old newsprint cover; wooden base (broken).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgari).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 21

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts