Ghaṭakharparakāvya, circa 1700-1850.
घटखर्परकाव्य

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Ghaṭakarpara.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rain and rainfall.

Hinduism.

Love--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Love.

Love poetry, Indic.

Rain and rainfall--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1503

Other Title:

Ghaṭakarparakāvya.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Name is written in the manuscript as Ghaṭakharpara (f. 5v). He was a contemporary and rival of the poet Kālidasa.

Summary:

Poem of 22 verses, about the love and longing of a wife and her husband who are separated during the rainy season and the husband's attempts to communicate with her through letters.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Ghaṭakarparakāvya supplied by cataloger.

Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīghaṭakharparakavinā viracitaṃ ghaṭakharparakāvyaṃ samāptaṃ // śrī kālabhairavāya namaḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // śrībiṃduvamādhavāya namaḥ // (f. 5v).

Mistakes 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 2197 (UP 1503).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1503.

OCLC:

913792135