Kirāṭaṭīkā. Sarga 11, 1730; किराटटीका. सर्ग ११, १७३०

Contributor:

Bālambhaṭa, Babar (scribe)

Name:

Mallinātha

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1730

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is part of a commentary on Bhāravi's poem Kirātārjunīya, a development and reinterpretation of a Hindu mythic story from the Mahābhārata about an encounter between the god Śiva and the epic hero Arjuna in which Śiva appears as a wild mountain man (Kirāta). Manuscript contains commentary on the eleventh chapter (sarga) up to verse 60, taken from the larger work of eighteen chapters.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Bhāravi. Kirātārjunīya Early works to 1800; Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800; Śiva (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Siva (Hindu deity); Arjuna (Hindu mythological character) Early works to 1800; Arjuna (Hindu mythological character)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from abbreviations in margins.; Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 4-21, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated saṃvat 1787 (1730) (f. 18r).; Scribe is Babar Bālambhaṭa. The first name Babar is supplied based on a related manuscript, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2699.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant characters and phrases highlighted in red; 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 2698

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts