Subhāṣita, circa 1700-1850.
सुभाषित

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit poetry.

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (73 leaves) : paper ; 24 x 11 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1552

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Unidentified poetic work or poetic commentary dealing with mythological themes and with at least some verses (such as ajārajaḥ khararajas tathā saṃmārinīrahaḥ //) associated with the author Cāṇakya. May be a collection or anthology of poetic verses (ślokagrantha).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 73v).

Written in 17-20 lines per leaf.

73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper center recto.

Colophon: iti subhāṣitaṃ samāptaṃ [śrīra]stu (f. 73v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Manuscript and text are oriented in a portrait rather than landscape format.

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 2227 (UP 1552).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1552.

OCLC:

927116177