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. The text comments on a section of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's work called the Kṛdanta and deals with word affixes (kṛt) and how meaning is changed (for example, changing roots to nouns).
27 leaves foliated 1-27, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated saṃvat 1831 (1774) (f. 27r).; Colophon: ity upādhyāyopanāmakaśivabhaṭṭasutasatīgarbhajanāgojībhaṭṭakṛte laghuśabdeḍaśesvaresiddhāṃtakaumudīvyākhyāne kṛadaṃtavistarastuvṛhacchavdeṃdraśekharedaṣṭavyaḥ / saṃvat 1831 // (f. 27r).; Title from colophon (f. 27r).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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