Naiṣadhīyaprakāśa. Sarga 10, circa 1700-1850.
नैषधीयप्रकाश. सर्ग १०,

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Nārāyaṇa Bedarakara.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Śrīharṣa, active 12th century. Naiṣadhīyacarita.
• Hindu mythology.
• Nala (Hindu mythological character).
• Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).
• Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1549

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for recitation and consultation and presents a commentary of the Naiṣadhīyacarita, the well known Hindu epic love story as retold by Śrīharśa, about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī. Manuscript consists of the tenth section (sarga) of the commentary. Manuscript was part of a larger work that also included Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1548.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 21r).
• Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.
• 21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti śrībedarakaropanāmaśrīmannṛsiṃhapaṃḍitātmajanārāyaṇakṛtau naiṣedhīyaprakāśe daśamaḥ sargaḥ // (f. 21r).
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red near the beginning and the end of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double and quadruple black line through some parts of the manuscript.

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 2111 (UP 1549).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1549.

OCLC:

921938360