Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 13, circa 1700-1850; रघुवंश.सर्ग १३,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa; Mallinātha

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important as a kind of mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa. Manuscript contains the commentary by Mallinātha running parallel above and below the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r).; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīraghu // vaṃśe mahākāvyakālidāsakṛtau rāmābhigamanonāmatrayodaśaḥ sargaḥ // 13 // (f. 13r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts