Naiṣadha. Sarga 1-2, circa 1700-1850.
नैषध. सर्ग १-२,

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

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (24 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1558

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is the first section and 30 verses of the second 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.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins throughout.

Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.

24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins including commentary notes; vertical margins marked with double red line near end of manuscript. Floral pattern drawn on front cover (f. 1r).

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 2096 (UP 1558).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1558.

OCLC:

927117277