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Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 11, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग ११,
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1546
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Kālidāsa.
- Standardized Title:
- Raghuvaṃśa. Selections
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.
- Hindu mythology.
- Rāma (Hindu deity).
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Viṣṇubhaṭṭa Sahasrabudhya (f. 11r).
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 22 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1546
- 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 mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 11r).
- Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
- 11 leaves foliated [1-11], upper left and lower right verso; the edges of the manuscript have been cut and many partial numbers appear.
- Colophon: iti raghuvaṃśemahākāvye kālidāsakṛtau bhāvāgagamanavarṇato ekādaśasargaḥ // (f. 11r).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, numbers, or phrases highlighted in red.
- 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 1963 (UP 1546).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1546.
- OCLC:
- 921936947
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