Dhanañjayanighaṇṭu
matsunami_185 · General Library, The University of Tokyo
Introduction
About this Manuscript
A Kośa text dealing with a vocabulary of synonyms was composed by the Jain author Dhanañjaya, son of Vāsudeva and Śrīdevī, and a pupil of Daśaratha. This manuscript contains the first chapter with 203 verses, but there are other manuscripts that contain two chapters. The second chapter describes homonyms. Sometimes, the first chapter is titled Nāmamālā and the second chapter Nighaṇṭu. However, one of the concluding verses of this manuscript mentions the name Nāmamālā, while the colophon refers to the text as Dhanañjayanighaṇṭu. At the end of the text, Dhanañjaya references Akalaṅka's Pramāṇaśāstra, Pūjyapāda's Śāsanaśāstra, and his own Dvisandhānakāvya, which is famously known as Rāghavapāṇḍavīya (NCC, Vol. 10, p. 45). 'Fol. 1 is missing' (Matsunami, 1965, p. 75). Post colophon of the manuscript mentioned the period of king Narendra Malla of Nepal.
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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Dhanañjayanighaṇṭu |
| Alternative Titles | Nāmamālā; Nāmāvali; Dhanañjayakośa; Pramāṇanāmamālā; Nighaṇṭusamaya |
| Repository | General Library, The University of Tokyo |
| Reference Number | matsunami_185 |
| Collection | Takakusu Junjiro Collection |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Nepālākṣara |
| Subject Classification | Kośa |
| Date | Date not listed |
| Place of Origin | Japan |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |
