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Title

Nirukta pūrvaṣaṭka
निरुक्त पुर्वशट्क

Authors

• Yāska

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 34
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9931780433503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122619132
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3178043

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Early grammar explaining the meaning of words, especially in the Vedic context; rules of word formation, roots, etymologies, etc., as well as a glossary of terms.

Notes

• Written 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 86 leaves foliated 1-86, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Accented in red. Some marginal corrections. Mistakes crossed out in black.
   

Extent

1 item (86 leaves) : 24 x 11 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti nirukte pūrvaṣaṭke ṣaṣṭo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // svārthaṃparārthaṃ // cha //

Subjects topical

• Vedic language--Synonyms and antonyms
• Vedic philology
• Sanskrit language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Sanskrit language--Etymology

Genres

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

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