Ghaṇṭāpatha, circa 1700-1850; घण्टापथ, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Mallinātha

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is part of a commentary on Bhāravi's poem Kirātārjunīya, a development and reinterpretation of a Hindu mythic story from the Mahābhārata about an encounter between the god Śiva and the epic hero Arjuna in which Śiva appears as a wild mountain man (Kirāta). Manuscript contains parts of the second and fourth sections (sarga) of the larger commentary of eighteen. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bhāravi. Kirātārjunīya; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Arjuna (Hindu mythological character); Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (29 leaves) : paper; 10 x 28 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 50r).; Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.; 29 leaves foliated 12-20, 31-50, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1551

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts