University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 533

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DS ID:

DS7734

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 533

Title:

Naiṣadha / नैषध

Naishadha Charita

Author:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century

Sriharsha WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Vināyaka Āḍibrekara (Son of Bālakṛṣṇa Āḍibrekara)

Date:

1832.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit with a closing prayer in Marathi

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Marathi WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 9 x 25 cm

Note:

Title from colophon (Part 3, f. 17v-18r).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
49 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-17, (Part 2:) 1-14, (Part 3:) 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmahākāvye naiṣadhe tṛtīyaḥ sargasamāptim agamat // śrīmahālakṣmī // pauṣaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ maṃdavāsare jhāśyāṃ āḍibrekara ityupanāmakabālakṛṣṇātmajavināyakena idaṃ pustakaṃ likhitaṃ syārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śrīmahālakṣmī daivyai namaḥ // śrījagdaṃbā mahālakṣmī // saṃvat 1889 (Part 3, 17v-18r).
Dated saṃvat 1889 (1832) (Part 3, f. 18r).
Scribe is Vināyaka Āḍibrekara son of Bālakṛṣṇa Āḍibrekara (Part 3, 18r) the same scribe that copied Item 535.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Damayantī (Hindu mythological character)

Nala (Hindu mythological character)

Hindu mythology

Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Lakshmī (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9959690123503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p33g3w/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania