Laghu Siddhānta kaumudi

This is a Grammatical text, Laghu Siddhānta kaumudi of Varadarāja. laghu means small, Siddhanta means the theory and kaumudi means moonlight. This is one of the most significant and popular introductory texts for studying Paninian Sanskrit grammar, it serves as a easy gateway to the complex rules of Panini's Ashtadhyayi. Varadaraja was a disciple of the great grammarian Bhattoji Dikshita, who authored the Siddhānta kaumudi with nearly 4,000 rules. Varadaraja condensed it approximately 1,270 sutras. The text describes f.1b Sajñyā prakarana, f.5 svarasandhi, f.6 Vyañjanasandhi, f.7 Visrgasandhi, f.13 Ajantapuṁliṅgaśabda, f.14 Ajantastrīliṅgaśabda, f.21a Halantapuṁliṅga, f.22a Halantanapuṁsakaliṅga, f.31a Parasmaipadaparkriyā, f.33 a Atmanepadaprakriyā, f.42 b Svādidhātu, f.45 a Tudādidhātu, f. 46a Rudhādidhātu, f. 49a Tanādidhātu, f. 48b kryādidhātu. f. 49a Curādidhātu, f. 50 a Yaṅantaprakriyā, f. 50 Yaṅlugantaprakriyā, f. 51 Nāmadhātu, f. 54 a krityaprakriyā, f. 59 a Kridantaprakriyā, f. 62 a Avyayībhāva, f. 62 Tatpuruṣa, f. 65 Vahubrīhi, f. 66 Dvandva, f. 76 Taddhitaprakaraṇa, f. 78 Strīpratyaya. The manuscript is good in physical condition, some mistakes are covered by yellow colour, red ink has used for highlighter, the colophone part where the authors name has mentioned at the end of the folio no. 78.