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Title

Nirukta pūrvaṣaṭka
निरुक्तपूर्वषट्क

Authors

• Yāska

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 84
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9951786843503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/757954674
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5178684

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Vedic supplementary material, Vedāṅga, grammar; first four ādyāya (chapters) and beginning of fifth ādyāya of the commentary gloss attributed to Yāska.

Notes

• Title from chapter colophon (f. 10v); alternate title Pūrvaṣaṭka from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Naurukta pūrvaṣaṭka derived from chapter colophon (f. 43r).
   
• Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 43 leaves foliated 1-41, upper left and lower right verso, 42-43 upper left verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (43 leaves) : 12 x 23 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Vedic philology

Genres

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

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