Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 12, circa 1700-1850; रघुवंश.सर्ग १२,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a part (from the end of the eleventh section through the beginning of the thirteenth section) of a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important for mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from opening lines of text (f. 77r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 77-83, upper left verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases, verse divisions and numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts