Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 6-10, circa 1700-1850; रघुवंश.सर्ग ६-१०,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is several sections of a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important for mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa; Hindu mythology; Rāma (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (27 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from abbreviations in margins.; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 27 leaves foliated 25-51, upper left verso.; Colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśemahākāvye kālidāsakṛtau devāvatāronāmadaśamaḥ sargaḥ // (f. 80v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black line on some folios.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts