Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 6, circa 1700-1850; रघुवंश.सर्ग ६,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and recitation and is a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important as a mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa; Hindu mythology; Rāma (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 9 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīdharaghuvaṃśe mahakāvye kālidāsakṛtau ṣaṣṭhamaḥ sargaḥ // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered with yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; numbers highlighted in red throughout..Final folio written in a second scribal hand.; There is a watermark of a partial name or title.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts