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Naiṣadha. Sarga 1-3, 1832.
नैषध. सर्ग १-३,
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 533
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śrīharṣa, active 12th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Naiṣadhīyacarita. Selections
- Language:
- Marathi
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mythology.
- Lakshmī (Hindu deity).
- Lakshmī.
- Nala (Hindu mythological character).
- Nala.
- Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).
- Damayantī.
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Marriage.
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (49 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 533
- Place of Publication:
- 1832.
- १८३२.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit with a closing prayer in Marathi (Devanāgarī; Marathi in Modi)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for contemplation and study and contains only the first three sections (sarga) of this well known story, a Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits. Ends with a praise of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī in Marathi, written in Modi script.
- Notes:
- 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.
- 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 2088 (UP 533).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 533
- OCLC:
- 851102230
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