Kumārasambhava. Sarga 1-2, circa 1700-1850; कुमारसम्भव.सर्ग १-२,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Lakṣmīkānta Bhaṭa (scribe)

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is the first and most of the second part of Kālidāsa's poem about the birth of the Hindu deity Skanda, also known as Kārttikeya; the first part deals with the birth and life of the mother of Skanda, the Hindu goddess Umā, also known as Pārvatī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Parvati (Hindu deity); Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 6r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīkumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kālidāsakṛtāv umotpattirnāmaprathamaḥ sargaḥ // 1 // (f. 6r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Scribe is Lakṣmīkānta Bhaṭa (f. 13v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1494

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts