Vāgbhūṣanakāvya, 1876; वाग्भूषनकाव्य,१८७६

Contributor:

Prabhākaraśīghra (Son of Sadāśiva) (scribe)

Name:

Rāmacandra, active 16th century

Date:

1876

Description:

A treatise or manual on Sanskrit rhetoric (alaṃkāraśāstra) and poetics.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit poetry; Sanskrit language -- Rhetoric; Aesthetics, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 15 x 20 cm (folded)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Scribe is Prabhākaraśīghra the son of Sadāśiva (f. 8r). This may be the same Sadāśiva who is the scribe of many other manuscripts at Penn Libraries, as well as a teacher of other scribes. Examples of his work include Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1279, Item 1280, and Item 1281.; Written in 15-17 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated śaka 1798 (1876) f. 8r).; Mistakes blacked out; additions and corrections in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts