Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 13-19, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग १३-१९,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Standardized Title:

Raghuvaṃśa. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Vālmīki.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Genre:

poems

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (27 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1547

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. Manuscript contains the last seven chapters of the work after the defeat of the demon Rāvaṇa; addresses the installation of Rāma as king of Ayodhya, the trial of Sītā, here subsequent banishment, and ends with a genealogy of kings. Manuscript is incomplete; one folio (f. 63) was added and is in a second scribal hand.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 84r).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

There is a watermark of a partial coat of arms (f. 63).

27 leaves foliated 53-63, 69-84, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśe mahākāvye kālidāsakṛtau eko naviṃśaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 84r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 1964 (UP 1547).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1547.

OCLC:

921937422