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Nighantu and Nirukta
81
Description - Modern paper with watermarks; Devanagari characters;
new in appearance ; handwriting beautiful, clear legible and uniform ; borders ruled in two double red lines; yellow pigment used for corrections; red pigment used for marking the portion; the Ms. contains Adhyāyas 1-5.
The Ms. contains three more works wbich bear separate
numbers. Age- Saka 1705. Begins - fol. 9a
हरिः ॐम् गौः ॥ ग्मा ॥ ज्मा ॥ क्ष्मा ॥क्षा ॥ क्षोणि ॥ क्षितिः॥ भवनिः।। उर्वी ॥ पृथ्वी ॥ मही| etc.
fol. 100 इति निघंटे प्रथमाध्यायः समाप्तः Ends - fol. 160
भग्निविणोदा अश्वो वायुः श्येनोश्विनौ षट्
इति निघंटौ पंचमोध्यायः । शके १७०५ शोभननाम संवत्सरे उदगयने ग्रीष्मतौं भाषाढशुक्लद्वादश्यां रविवासरे तदिनी इदं पुस्तकं भावर्डेकर इत्युपनामकव्यंकटेशेन लिखितं समाप्तं ॥
यादृशं पुस्तकं ...... दोषो न विद्यते ॥ छ छ छ
श्रीगजानन् प्रसनमस्तु श्री ॥ References - See No. 48 /A-1881-82.
निघण्टु No. 78
Nighantu
56 1886-92
Size -7 in. by 3 in.
Extent - 21 leaves; 7 lines to a page; 18-20 letters to a line."
Description - Country paper; Devanā gari characters'; old in appear.
ance%3B handwriting clear, legible and uniform; borders ruled in double red lines; yellow pigment used for corrections; edges slightly worn out; folios numbered in right hand
margins; complete. Age -Sainvat 1779.
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