Saṃjīvanī sarga 18, circa 1700-1850.
संजीवनी सर्ग १८

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Mallinātha.

Standardized Title:

• Sañjīvanī (Raghuvaṃśa) Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.
• Kālidāsa. Raghuvaṃśa.
• Rāma (Hindu deity).
• Hindu mythology.

Genre:

• commentaries
• poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (28 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1513

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a commentary by Mallinātha on the Raghuvaṃśa by Kālidāsa, which deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty. Manuscript contains the commentary about the eighteenth chapter (sarga) of the work.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 30r).
• Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.
• 28 leaves foliated 1-19, 22-30, lower left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti śrīkolācalamallināthasūriviracitāyāṃ raghuvaṃśadIpikāyāṃ saṃjīv[a]nīsamākhyāyām aṣṭādaśasargaḥ // (f. 30r).
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some numbers, phrases, and words highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with single and double red line as well as single and double black line near the end. Manuscript seems to be the work of two separate scribes, possibly a father and son as some lines are larger and messier than others.

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 1991 (UP 1513).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1513.

OCLC:

913792677