Naiṣadhacarita. Sarga 13, circa 1700-1850.
नैषधचरित. सर्ग १३,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century.

Standardized Title:

Naiṣadhīyacarita. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Nala (Hindu mythological character).

Nala.

Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).

Damayantī.

Hindu mythology.

Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Marriage.

Genre:

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1477

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and contains the thirteenth section (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.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti trayodaśaḥ sargaḥ pūrṇaḥ // 13 // śrī // (f. 6).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple 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 2091 (UP 1477).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1477.

OCLC:

911504799