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Prāṇābharaṇa, 1782.
प्राणाभरण
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1506
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Jagannātha, 1652-
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Royal houses.
- Hindu mythology.
- India.
- Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800.
- Royal houses--India--Early works to 1800.
- Kamrup (India : District)--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1506
- Place of Publication:
- 1782.
- १७८२.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a poetic praise text celebrating the author's patron, a king of Kāmarūpa (ancient kingdom that spans parts of Assam and northern Bangladesh). Author draws on Hindu mythology although the king was a historical figure.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 12v).
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrītailaṃgavegināṭīyaballagabrahmopanāmakaśrīparamabhaṭṭātmajena paṃḍitarāvrabhaṭṭaṃ jaganāthena nirmitaṃ prāṇābharaṇaṃ saṃpūrṇam // saṃvat 1839 śrīgopāladevaḥ // (f. 12v).
- Dated saṃvat 1839 (1782) (f. 12v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some minor corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- 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 2202 (UP 1506).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1506.
- OCLC:
- 926069197
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