Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita.

Pañcasaṃdhi, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (54 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

17th-century Sanskrit grammarian and commentator who lived in Maharashtra. His grandson Hari Dīkṣita also lived in the same century.

Manuscript is a sub-section of a larger grammatical treatise and commentary called the Prauḍhamanoramā, which is a rearticulation and revitalization of the work of the ancient grammarian Pāṇini. Manuscript also contains the super-commentary by Hari Dīkṣita, which runs parallel, above and below the main "root" text of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita's work.

Hari Dīkṣita. Laghuśabdaratna.

Sanskrit language - Grammar.

Commentaries.

Treatises.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.

Manuscripts - India - 18th century.

Manuscripts - India - 19th century.

Title supplied by cataloger; title of secondary commentary Laghuśabdaratna from colophon (f. 54v); secondary title of super-commentary supplied from colophon (f. 54v).

Written in 8-13 lines per leaf.

54 leaves foliated 1-54, upper left verso.

Colophon (to super-commentary): iti dīkṣitabhaṭṭojidikṣitaharidīkṣitakṛte laghuśabdaratne manoramāvyāvyane pañcasaṃdhiprakaraṇaṃ // (f. 54v).

Mistakes blacked out; numerous corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Non-Latin script record.

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 2612 (UP 211).

Pañcasaṃdhiprakaraṇa.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 211.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 211

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

पञ्चसंधि, १७००-१८५०.