University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 528

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7725

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 528

Title:

Caurapañcāśikā

Author:

Bilhaṇa, active 11th century

Bilhana WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Vināyaka Āḍiśekara (Son of Bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭa)

Date:

1803.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Note:

Dated saṃvat 1860 (1803) (f. 2v); date is abbreviated as "saḥ" but should read saṃvat given that a śaka date of 1938 A.D. would post-date its inclusion in the Penn collection.
Colophon: iti śrīsamastavidyāraviṃdamārtaṃḍaravaṃḍitasarvavidyāsarva[v]ipakṣamano 'pakārasaṃtuṣṭīkṛtasu[???]āṇasamūdrasūrirāmopādhyāya sūnur gaṇapatiś corapaṃcāśikāyāḥ [kau]ravacaṃdrikāravyam arīracat // brahmāvarte śrāvaṇakṛṣṇe 7 saḥ 1860 āḍiśekaradas upanāmakabālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭāramajavināyakena likhitam idaṃ pustakam (f. 2).
2 leaves foliated [1-2], lower left verso.
Scribe is Vināyaka Āḍiśekara son of Bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭa (f. 2v).
Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 9-22 lines per leaf.
Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Love poetry, Indic

Durgā (Hindu deity)

Erotic literature, Indic

Hindu mythology

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9959689853503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3m61bq0k/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania