Śakuntalā. Sarga 1-3, circa 1700-1850; शकुन्तला.सर्ग १-३,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript for private contemplation or public recitation/performance and contains the first three acts (sargas) of the dramatic retelling of the Hindu mythological figure Śakuntalā, an orphan girl from the union of a renunciant and a heavenly nymph (apsarā). The narrative follows the love affair and marriage between Śakuntalā and king Duṣana and their various trials and adventures. Originally told in the epic Mahābhārata, the story was adapted by the poet Kālidāsa in the 5th century.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Orphans; Śakuntalā (Hindu mythology); Love poetry, Indic; Hindu mythology; Love -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Śakuntalā (Hindu mythology) -- Poetry; Orphans -- Poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poetry; Plays (document genre); Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15r).; Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti niṣkrāṃtāḥ sarvatṛtīyokaṃ // (f. 15r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red at the beginning of the manuscript; 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 1570

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts