Naighaṇṭuka, circa 1700-1850; नैघण्टुक,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Yāska

Date:

1700

Description:

Late Vedic work; a collection of words grouped into thematic categories, with some brief annotations; a kind of glossary or thesaurus; five sections (adhyāya); groups of similes, synonyms, metonyms, etc. dealing with the natural world, human physiology, as well as epithets of gods and goddesses.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vedic philology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper; 19 x 9 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Naighaṇṭa from back title page (f. 21v).; Written 7 lines per leaf.; 21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.; Incipit: gmā / jmā / kṣmā / kṣā / kṣamā / kṣoṇī / kṣitiḥ / (f. 1v).; Colophon: iti nighaṃṭāpaṃcamodhyāyaḥ // 5 // śrīkāśīviśveśvarāyanamaḥ // śrīrastu // (f. 21r).; Accented in red; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; marginal corrections by different hand, some in pencil; double vertical lines in red mark margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 24

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts