Rāgadhanyāśī, circa 1700-1850; रागधन्याशी, १७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Saṃgītagrantha

Date:

1700

Description:

Fragment of a treatise about music, dance and theater. Title refers to a style of rāga (musical melody), a dhanyāśī or dhanāśrī, mentioned in the text. Manuscript lacks most of the text, including its beginning and ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Music -- India; Music; Raga; Dance -- India; Dance; Theater -- India; Theater

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 13 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from line 3 of folio 28 recto; alternate title Saṃgītagrantha supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 26-28, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2440

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts