Kirātārjunīya, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:

Manuscript is an adaptation of a well known Hindu story originally derived from the Mahābhārata about an encounter between the epic hero Arjuna and the deity Śiva in his form as the Hunter or Mountain Man called Kirāta. Manuscript contains only the first three and the fifth of a total 18 sections (sarga) of the poem. Manuscript has a commentary by Mallinātha that runs parallel, above and below the main text by Bhāravi.

Creator:

Bhāravi.

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9959555623503681; (OCoLC)ocn844236138; (OCoLC)844236138; (PU)5955562-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology.; Poems.; Manuscripts.; Commentaries.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (67 leaves) : paper; 13 x 32 cm

Personal Name:

Arjuna; Siva; Mallinātha. Ghaṇṭāpatha.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; 67 leaves foliated (Parts 1-3:) 1-19, 1-17, 1-17; (Part 5:) 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 7-14 lines per leaf.; Title from colophon (Part 5, f. 14v); title of commentary Ghaṇṭāpatha from colophon (Part 5, f. 14v).; Colophon: iti śrī pādavākyapramāṇapārāvīrīṇamahopādhyāya kol[a]calamallināthasūriviracitāyāṃ kīrātārjunīyavyākhyāyāṃ ghaṇṭāpathasamakhyāyāṃ paṃcamaḥ sargaḥ // 5 // (Part 5, f. 14v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.