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Title

Laghuśabdenduśekhara
लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर

Authors

• Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, fl. 1670-1750

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 256
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958982633503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/826860033
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5898263

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

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.

Notes

• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (91 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Sanskrit language--Grammar--Religious aspects

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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