Daśakumāracarita, circa 1700-1850; दशकुमारचरित,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Daṇḍin, active 7th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a Sanskrit poetic work used for contemplation and the practice of recitation. Text follows the exploits of ten princes in their worldly pursuits for love, sex, wealth, and power within the courtly system of 7th-century India.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Royal houses; Courtly love -- Poetry; Courtly love; Royal houses -- India; Erotic literature, Indic; Love poetry, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (102 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 102 leaves foliated 11-112, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity ācāryyaśrīdaṃḍinaḥ kṛtau daśakumāracarite mahākāvye 'ṣṭama ullāsaḥ // (f. 112r).; 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 single black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1508

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts