Rūpāvatāra

The bundle contains a fragment of a Vyākaraṇa work - the Rūpāvatāra attributed to Dharmakīrti. The bundle starts with the section on nominal declensions of masculine words (paradigm of 'kavi'), and ends with the discussion of examples for the sūtra upamānād ācāre (sūryāyate, cāndrāyate, etc.). The two passages correspond to vol. 1, p. 43 to vol. 2, p. 231 in Rangacharya's 1927 edition of the text. There are 8 stray leaves: 1 leaf in Grantha script about the Veda (brittle), four leaves dealing with jahallakṣaṇā, one folio with an extract from 4th skandha of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, one folio about Vyākaraṇa and one about Jyotiṣa. The manuscript is in good condition.

Extent: 23 leaves (8 stray leaves).

Size and dimensions of original material: W 4 x L 34.

Condition of original material: Good.

Arrangement: Shelf number 2.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Dharmakīrti (attributed).

Original institution reference: B0369.