Meghadūta, circa 1650-1800.
मेघदूत

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Clouds.

Folklore--India.

Folklore.

India.

Spirits.

Yakṣas (Hindu deities).

Kubera (Hindu deity).

Hindu mythology.

Clouds--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 508

Place of Publication:

circa 1650-1800.

१६५०-१८००.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

5th century Sanskrit poet.

Summary:

Manuscript used for recitation and contemplation and tells the story of a mischievous spirit (yakṣa) who has been banished from his service to the Hindu god of wealth Kubera. The spirit asks a cloud to send a message to his wife who remained in Kubera's realm, hence the title of the work, Cloud messenger (Meghadūta). Manuscript lacks an ending.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, many in a different hand; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1631 (UP 508).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 508

OCLC:

847747244