Kāvyaprakāśavyākhyā, circa 1700-1850; काव्यप्रकाशव्याख्या, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Kamalākara

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a commentary (vyākhyā) and reflection on the Kāvyaprakāśa by Mammaṭācārya, which is a work on rhetoric and poetic composition literally meaning, Illustration of poetry. Manuscript also contains a supercommentary written in red ink above the main text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit language -- Versification; Sanskrit language; Mammaṭācārya. Kāvyaprakāśa; Sanskrit poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (102 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from back title page (f. 102v).; Written in 9-13 lines per leaf.; 102 leaves foliated 1-102, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Every second folio treated with yellow turmeric powder and metalic (possibly gold) flecks.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 525

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts