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Mṛgale khārī copaī, 1794-1814.
मृगले खारीचोपई
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1188
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hindi
- Subjects (All):
- Love poetry, Indic.
- Hindu mythology.
- Genre:
- illuminations (paintings)
- poems
- Manuscripts, Rajasthani.
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned and donated to Penn Libraries by Haramanuts (?), according to wrapper note.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (54 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1188
- Place of Publication:
- 1794-1814.
- १७९४-१८१४.
- Language Note:
- In Hindi (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Love story in old Hindi verse. Illuminated with gouache paintings, primarily of couples, surrounded with red and yellow borders. From Rajasthan.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 54v).
- Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
- 54 leaves foliated 1-38, 40-49, 49-54, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti mṛgale khārīscopaī saṃpurṇī (f. 54r).
- Dated saṃvat 1851 or 1871 (1794 or 1814), both dates are given (f. 54v).
- 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 6114 (UP 1188).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1188
- OCLC:
- 904017516
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