Aṣṭādhyāyī, 1725
अष्टाध्यायी, १७२५

Description
Manuscript is for consultation and study and comprises the first eight chapters of Pāṇini's well-known grammar, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, which is part of the genre of Vedāṅga literature, commenting on grammatical usage in the Vedas.
Creator
Pāṇini
Form
manuscripts (documents)
commentaries
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1725
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Vedāṅgas
Sanskrit language -- Grammar
Sanskrit language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800
Vedāṅgas -- Early works to 1800
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (56 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Notes
6th-century B.C. Sanskrit grammarian from the northern part of South Asia in the Peshawar valley (in present-day Pakistan).
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Pāṇinīyasūtra from colophon (f. 60r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
56 leaves foliated 1-25, 30-60, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti pāṇinīyasūtre aṣṭamodhyāyaḥ // śake 1647 pauṣaśuddha 13 samāptaṃ // (f. 6or).
Dated śaka 1647 (1725) (f. 60r).
Mistakes blacked out; minor corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black or red line. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.
Non-Latin script record.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3mk3k
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 252
Provenance
Formerly owned and commisioned by Rāmeśara (f. 1r).
Rāmeśara, former owner.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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