Manuscript used for recitation, and contemplation and is a romantic comedy in five acts telling of the forbidden love affair between an earthly king named Purūravas and a heavenly nymph (apsarā) named Urvaśī.
manuscripts (documents); poems; plays (performing arts compositions); comedies (literary genre); Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Physical Description:
1 item (31 leaves) : paper; 11 x 27 cm
Rights:
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Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 31v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 31 leaves foliated 1-31, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti niṣkrā[n]tā[s]sarve paṃcamākaḥ // vikramasaṃvasarevetre paurṇimāyāṃ likhitaṃ mukudadevavana // vikrarmorvaśākālidāsaḥ // saṃva[t] 1861 // (f. 31v).; Dated saṃvat 1861 (1804) (f. 31v).; Mistakes blacked out; 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 Item 523
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