Naiṣadhīyacarita. Sarga 13, after 1874.
नैषधचरित. सर्ग १३,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century.

Standardized Title:

Naiṣadhīyacarita. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu mythology.

Nala (Hindu mythological character).

Nala.

Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).

Damayantī.

Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Marriage.

Genre:

poems

commentaries

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (19 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1544

Place of Publication:

after 1874.

१८७४.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is part (up to verse 33) of the thirteenth section (sarga) of this Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits. An unidentified commentary runs parallel above and below the root text

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; title of commentary Naiṣadhṭīkā from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.

19 leaves foliated 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Watermarks of multiple coats of arms, Britannia and others, a personal name or name of a company, and the date 1874.

Dated after 1874, based on a watermark.

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 2101 (UP 1544).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1544.

Contains:

Naiṣadhṭīkā.

OCLC:

927115376