Śṛṅgāravilāsa, circa 1700-1850; शृङ्गारविलास,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja

Date:

1700

Description:

The second and largest of the four sections comprising the Bhāminīvilāsa, a treatise and compendium of sayings or maxims focused on different topics. While other sections focus on philosophy, ethics, morality, and other related topics, this section focuses on sexual and erotic love. The work draws from Hindu mythology by way of illustration and example.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Love -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Sex -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Maxims, Sanskrit; Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14r).; Written in 14 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śṛaṃgāravilāsaḥ // (f. 14r).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts