Bhojacarita, 1838; भोजचरित, १८३८

Date:

1838

Description:

Hagiography of the Malwa king Bhoja in which he is turned into a parrot and restored by a Kashmiri ascetic. Numerous illustrations including Hindu court life, battles, erotic love, the paṇḍita Magha, and animals.

Language:

Braj

Provenance:

Gift of an unknown donor to Penn Libraries, November 1980 (inserted notes).

Subject:

Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Asceticism -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); hagiographies (literary genre); poems; paintings (visual works)

Physical Description:

1 item (132 leaves) : paper; 15 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

Malwa (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India) -- Kings and rulers

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 86v).; Written in 12 lines per leaf.; 132 leaves foliated 1-25, 30-45, 47-52, 54-59, 61-91, [i-xxxxviii], lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībhojacaritaḥ panarāmīvidyā saṃpūrṇāṃ // (f. 86v).; Dated saṃvat 1895 (1838) (f. 86v).; 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 red line; paintings surrounded by red border line.; Codex with cloth cover.; In Braj and Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 31