Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 5, circa 1700-1850; रघुवंश.सर्ग ५,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Nārāyaṇa Bacaṃbhaṭṭa (Son of Kṛṣṇahastākṣara Bacaṃbhaṭṭa) (scribe)

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important as a mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa. This section of the text deals with an episode of king Raghu, as sage, and the god Kubera.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa; Hindu mythology; Rāma (Hindu deity); Kubera (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).; Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Bacaṃbhaṭṭa, son of Kṛṣṇahastākṣara Bacaṃbhaṭṭa (f. 8r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśe mahākāvye paṃcamaḥ sargaḥ // (f. 8r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1529

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts