Kirāṭaṭīkā. Sarga 14, 1743; किराटटीका. सर्ग १४, १७४३

Contributor:

Bālambhaṭa, Babar (scribe)

Name:

Mallinātha

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1743

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 commentary on the fourteenth chapter (sarga), taken from the larger work of eighteen chapters.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Bhāravi. Kirātārjunīya Early works to 1800; Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800; Śiva (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Siva (Hindu deity); Arjuna (Hindu mythological character) Early works to 1800; Arjuna (Hindu mythological character)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (19 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from abbreviations in margins.; Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.; 19 leaves foliated 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated saṃvat 1800 (1743) (f. 19v).; Scribe is Babar Bālambhaṭa (f. 19v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 2699

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts