Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 256: Laghuśabdenduśekhara
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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.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 256
9958982633503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/826860033
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5898263
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.
In Sanskrit
Laghuśabdenduśekhara
लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर
Nāgeśabhaṭṭa, fl. 1670-1750
paper
1 item (91 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm
Sanskrit language--Grammar--Religious aspects
Commentaries
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century