Viśvaprakāśābhidhāna

This text is a work on Sanskrit lexicography, titled Viśvaprakāśa, attributed to the lexicographer Maheśvara Kavi. It is a homonymic dictionary composed of approximately 2,200 verses and is notable for being the earliest Sanskrit koṣa (lexicon) to state the year of its compilation. According to C. Vogel (Indian Lexicography, p. 329), the Viśvaprakāśa had a significant influence on the development of Sanskrit lexicography. The main text is accompanied by a supplementary work titled Śabdabhedaprakāśa, which is divided into four sections (nirdeśas), addressing various types of lexical variation. Folios 21 and 27 are missing from the manuscript. Folio 37 appears twice.