Daśakumāracarita, circa 1650-1800; दशकुमारचरित,१६५०-१८००

Name:

Daṇḍin, active 7th century

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript of the Adventures of the ten princes (Daśakumāracarita), a Sanskrit poetic work used for contemplation and the practice of recitation. Text follows the exploits of ten princes in their worldly pursuits for love, sex, wealth, and power within the courtly system of 7th-century India. Manuscript is missing the beginning and ending of the poem.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Royal houses; Hindu mythology; Royal houses -- India; Erotic literature, Indic; Love poetry, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (50 leaves) : paper; 10 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note in second scribal hand (f. 10r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 50 leaves foliated 10-59, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; 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 Item 527

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts