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Collection of sayings, circa 1700-1850.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1534
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Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1534
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Collection of moral, religious, and life-affirming sayings from various Sanskrit sources (stories and poems), likely the Hitopadeśa, Kālidasa's Raghuvaṃśa, and others.
Notes:
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Written in 8 lines per leaf.
  • 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // kvacid[???]auśayyā kvacidapicaparyaṃ kaśayanaṃ // (f. 1r).
  • Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect manuscript from insects.
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 1960 (UP 1534).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1534.
Related Work:
Kālidāsa. Raghuvaṃśa.
OCLC:
921893430

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