Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 3, circa 1700-1850; रघुवंश.सर्ग ३,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is the end of the second and beginning of the third section (through verse 72) 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 (10 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 28v).; Written in 6-9 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 28-37, upper left verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśe mahākāvye kaviśrīkālidāsakṛtau naṃdī / nīvarapradāno nāmīdvatīyaḥ sargaḥ // 2 // (f. 28v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, phrases, and numbers highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts