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Śārṅgadharaviracita paddhati, circa 1650-1800.

Abstract:
Manuscript is for recitation and contemplation and is a collection (paddhati) of more than 500 poetic verses that cover a range of topics from love, anguish, women, sex, artha, karma, and dharma; additionally contains instructions for morality, gardening, omens, weapons, and other kinds of practical advice. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks an ending, but contains most of the text.
Creator:
Śārṅgadhara.
Timespan:
India.
Date:
1650
Identifier:
9959622363503681; (OCoLC)ocn847744243; (OCoLC)847744243; (PU)5962236-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Weapons.; Omens -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Love in literature.; Hindu women.; Weapons -- India.; Dharma.; Manuscripts.; Poems.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (52 leaves) : paper; 12 x 22 cm
Personal Name:
Śārṅgadharasubhāṣita.
Notes:
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 double black line.; Internal colophon: iti śārṅ[ga]dharaviracitāyāṃ paddhatyāṃ viśiṣṭakavipraśaṃ sāparichedaḥ // (f. 33v).; 52 leaves foliated 1-2, 7-8, 23-70, lower right verso.; Title from internal colophon (f. 33v); alternate title Śārṅgadharasubhāṣita supplied by cataloger.; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 390
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts.