Kumārasambhava. Sarga 3, circa 1700-1850; कुमारसम्भव.सर्ग ३,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is from the third chapter of Kālidāsa's well known poem, regarding the birth of the Hindu deity Skanda-Kārttikeya, dealing with the mythology of the relationship between the deities Pārvatī (Gaurī) and Śiva, their courtship and marriage. Manuscript is missing its beginning.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Siva (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity); Kārttikeya (Hindu deity); Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 4-11, upper left verso.; Internal colophon: iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kaviśrīkālidāsakṛtau madanahadahano nāmatṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ 3 // (f. 11v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, phrases, and numbers highlighted in red; some blue ink or wash on final folio (f. 11v); 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