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Catuḥślokībhārata, circa 1700-1850; चतुःश्लोकीभारत,१७००-१८५०

Date:
1700
Description:
4 verses (śloka) purporting to be the essence of the Mahābārata; proclaims the importance of practicing dharma over lust, greed, etc.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Dharma; Hindu mythology
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 9 x 18 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf foliated 1, lower right verso.; Colophon: catuḥślokībhārataṃ sa[ṃ]pūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīrāmajayarāmajayajayarāma // (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Two fragments of a book cover with colored marbling and inset artificial flowers used as covers for the manuscript.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts