Sāhityadarpaṇa, 1674; साहित्यदर्पण,१६७४

Contributor:

Josā Puṣkar (scribe)

Name:

Viśvanātha Kavirāja

Date:

1674

Description:

Manuscript is used for study and contemplation and is a treatise on the aesthetics of poetry dealing with the nature of poetry, rasa (flavor), ornamentation, and a variety of other topics; title translates as Mirror of composition. Manuscript is missing some folios.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rasas; Aesthetics; Sanskrit poetry; Aesthetics -- Poetry; Rasas -- Poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poetry; Treatises; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (147 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 154v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 147 leaves foliated 1-18, 26-35,35-59, 61-154, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity ālaṃkārikavakravarttidhvaniprasthānaparamācāryāśeṣabhāṣāvilāsinībhujaṃgasāhityārṇavakarṇaddhāramahāpātraśrīviśvanāthakavirājakṛte sāhityadarpaṇe daśamaḥ paricchedaḥ // s[ā]hityadarpaṇo 'yaṃ samāptimāgat // saṃvat 1731 varṣeje[ṣṭha] 1 ravire dīne pustakaṃ l[i]khyataṃ josā puṣkar // (f. 154v).; Dated saṃvat 1731 (1674) (f. 154v).; Scribe is Josā Puṣkar (f. 154v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple black or red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 521

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts