University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 503

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DS ID:

DS7699

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 503

Title:

Raghuvaṃśa

Author:

Kālidāsa

Kalidasa WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Śevalāla Brāhmaṇa

Date:

1780.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Former Owner(s):

Sītārāma

Sītārāma WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 123v).
Scribe is Śevalāla Brāhmaṇa (f. 123r; "va" is supplied and the paper torn); the scribe lived in Varāṇasī (f. 123r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Dated saṃvat 1837 śaka 1702 (1780) (f. 123r).
63 leaves foliated 52-65, 72-119, 123, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśemahākāvye śrīkālidāsakṛtau strIrājyā 'bhiṣikonāmaikonaviṃśatitamaḥ sargāḥ // 18 // saṃvat 1837 śaka 1702 kāśyāṃ madhye idaṃ pustakaṃ likhitaṃ śe[va]lālabrāhmaṇena kārtike māse kṛṣṇe pakṣe varakacaturddaśyāṃ guruvāsarānvitāyāṃ idaṃ pustakaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 123r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
Formerly owned by Sītārāma (f. 126).

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Poems

Poetry

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hunting

Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki)

Hindu mythology

Rāma (Hindu deity)

Dharma

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9959581123503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p34k4m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania