Kavirahasya, circa 1700-1850; कविरहस्य,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Halāyudha, active 10th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Text is a treatise on Sanskrit grammatical roots that also doubles as a poem of praise (praśasti) of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king, Kṛṣṇa III.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit language; Sanskrit language -- Grammar; Sanskrit language -- Poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poetry; Treatises; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (20 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 20v).; Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.; 20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkavirahasyaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 20v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables and verse dividers 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