Kālidāsa (attributed name); Ādivrekara, Vināyaka (Son of Bālambhaṭṭa Ādivrekara) (scribe)
Date:
1832
Description:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a work on Sanskrit prosody or versification., describing different kinds of poetic meter while using the meter itself to write the description.
Work attributed in manuscript to Kālidāsa (f. 7r), but may have been written by Vararuci.; Scribe is Vināyaka Ādivrekara, the son of Bālambhaṭṭa Ādivrekara (f. 7r).; Title from colophon (f. 7r); alternate title Chandograntha supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkavikālidāsakṛtaśrutavodhaḥ samāptim agamat // (f. 7r).; Dated saṃvat 1889 (1832) (f. 7r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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