University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1521

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DS ID:

DS8613

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1521

Title:

Naiṣadhacarita

Author:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century

Sriharsha WIKIDATA

Date:

1801.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 10 x 24 cm

Note:

Colophon: iti śrī harṣakṛtaṃ naiṣadhakāvyaṃ samāptaṃ // 22 // śrī // (f. 182v).
Dated saṃvat 1858 (1801) (f. 183r); however the date is on a replacement folio, by a second scribal hand, so the original manuscript may be much earlier than this date.
Title from colophon (f. 182v).
Written in 8-15 lines per leaf.
183 leaves foliated 1-180, 182-183, [184], upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; several folios from the original manuscript have been replaced with new folios written in a second scribal hand, but following the original foliation; several doodles are found in the margins; significant numbers, letters, words, and phrases are highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black lines.

Keyword:

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Damayantī (Hindu mythological character)

Nala (Hindu mythological character)

Hindu mythology

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9964460943503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3cz32565/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania