Kumārasambhava, 1799; कुमारसम्भव,१७९९

Name:

Kālidāsa; Mallinātha

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1799

Description:

Manuscript is part of Kālidāsa's well known poem, from the middle of the third chapter to the end of the seventh chapter, about the birth of the Hindu deity Skanda-Kārttikeya, dealing with the mythology of the relationship between the deities Pārvatī (Gaurī) and Śiva, their courtship and marriage. A commentary by Mallinātha runs parallel above and below the root text. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Kārttikeya (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology; Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800; Kārttikeya (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800; Parvati (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Parvati (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Siva (Hindu deity); Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (92 leaves) : paper; 13 x 28 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 26r); title of commentary Sañjīvanī from commentary colophon (f. 26v).; Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.; 92 leaves foliated 61-126, 1-26, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśrīkumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kaviśrīkālikdāsakṛtau gaurīpariṇayano nāmasaptaḥ sargaḥ 7 (f. 26r).; Dated saṃvat 1856 (1799) (f. 26v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through the first half of the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1573

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts