A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology.
Language:
Sanskrit
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Harinārāyaṇa Devaśarmmaṇa (f. 25v).
Reproduced from the original with permission of the Mahesh Charitable Trust under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.
Notes:
Written in 4-5 lines per folio.; 12 leaves foliated 14-25, middle right verso; there are two photos of the cotton wrapper and associated notes.; Title from colophon (f. 25v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Dimensions of original manuscript: 8 x 29 cm.; Reproduced from the original with permission of the Mahesh Charitable Trust under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.; Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 1635; Vi: 110.; In Sanskrit (Bengali)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Web, Rāmamālā Library 1870
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