Bharavi's 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 is incomplete missing the first three and ninth of eighteen chapters (sargas).
Title from colophon (f. 82r).; Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.; 76 leaves foliated 12-44, 40-82, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkirātārjunIye mahākāvye lakṣṃyaṃ ke bhāravikṛtau dhanaṃ jayasya astra lābho nāmāṣṭādaśaḥ sargaḥ // śrīgajānanārpaṇam astu // (f. 82r).; Dated śaka 1677 (1755) (f. 82r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; some vertical margins marked with double red line. Manuscript was written by two different scribes.; Second scribe is Beḍekara Govindabhaṭṭa (f. 40r-82r; name on f. 82r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1540
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