Naiṣadhamahākāvya. Sarga 11, circa 1700-1850; नैषधमहाकाव्य.सर्ग ११,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for recitation and consultation and is the eleventh chapter of the well known Hindu epic love story, as retold by Śrīharśa, about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Nala (Hindu mythological character); Damayantī (Hindu mythological character); Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 10 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīnaiṣadhamahākāvye ekādaśaḥ sargaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ // (f. 13r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts