Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 4-5, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग ४-५,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Standardized Title:

Raghuvaṃśa. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

Commentaries.

Poems.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (55 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1507

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important as a kind of mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa. Manuscript contains the commentary by Mallinātha running parallel above and below the root text.

Contents:

Sarga 4 (Part 1, f. 1-26)

Sarga 5 (Part 2, f. 1-29).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 29r).

Written in 6-11 lines per leaf.

55 leaves foliated 1-26 and 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīpadavākyapramāṇayārāvārīṇamahopādhyāyakolamallināthasūriviracitāyāṃ raghuvaṃśaṭīkāyāṃ saṃjīvanīsamākhyāyāṃ paṃcamaḥ sargaḥ // 5 // (Part 2, f. 29r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some written in red or blue crayon or pencil.

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 1978 (UP 1507).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1507.

Contains:

Mallinātha. Sañjīvanī (Raghuvaṃśa).

OCLC:

913792326