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कातन्त्रन्याकरण वृत्तिसहित
- Samvat 1504.
Grammar
Age.
No. 19
Size - 10 in. by 44 in.
Extent – 78 leaves; 8 lines in a page, about 28 letters in a line. Description - Country paper. Devanagari characters of an old type with पृष्ठमात्राs, fairly correct, bold and legible writing, borders of most of the leaves are considerably damaged; especially of the first ten leaves. The margins which are broad contain running explanations on the text, which are a mixture of Sanskrit and Hindi. Complete up to the end of the Taddhitaprakarana.
Katantra grammar with
a Commentary
Begins- ॐ नमः सरस्वत्यै । नमो गुरुभ्यः ।
Author – Sarvavarman, of the original aphorisms; and Durgasimha of the commentary which is perpetual and very concise. Subject-Aphorisms on grammar, with a commentary. The topics treated are संज्ञा, स्वरसंधि, प्रगृहा, व्यजनसंधि, विसर्गसंधि, शब्द संज्ञा, शब्दसाधन, कारक, समांस and तद्धित. Thus the arrange - ment of the Katantrasūtras is different from Panini's.
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देवदेवं प्रणम्यादौ सर्व्वज्ञं सर्व्वदर्शिनं ।
कार्तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि व्याख्यानं शाब्दवम्मिंकम् ॥
सिद्धो वर्णसमाम्नायः । सिद्धः खलु वर्णानां समाम्नायो वेदितव्यः । न पुनरन्यथोपदेष्टव्य इत्यर्थः ।
Ends – इति दौर्गसिंह्यां वृत्तौ तद्धितप्रकरणं समाप्तं ॥ संवत् १५०४ वर्षे मार्गशीर्षमासे....... • अद्येह श्रीमहिलाविग्रामे राउल श्रीषीमाविजयराज्ये मलिक श्रीर्मूसे मलिक सुप्राणप्रतिपत्तौ " पठनार्थ चतुष्कवृत्तेः पुस्तिका क्षलिख्यत ।
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Reference-The sutras with Durgasimha's Vrtti and extracts from other commentaries have been edited by Prof. J. Eggeling in the Bibl. Indica Series. See pp. 1-4 of A Descriptive Catalogue of Sk. Mss. in the library of the' A. S. B. by R. Mitra, Pt. I.
