Naiṣadhīyacarita. Sarga 13, after 1874; नैषधचरित.सर्ग १३,१८७४

Name:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century

Date:

1874

Description:

Manuscript is part (up to verse 33) of the thirteenth section (sarga) of this Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits. An unidentified commentary runs parallel above and below the root text

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Nala (Hindu mythological character); Damayantī (Hindu mythological character); Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Commentaries; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (19 leaves) : paper; 13 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; title of commentary Naiṣadhṭīkā from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.; 19 leaves foliated 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Watermarks of multiple coats of arms, Britannia and others, a personal name or name of a company, and the date 1874.; Dated after 1874, based on a watermark.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts