Kāvyarākṣasa, circa 1700-1850.
काव्यराक्षस

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Rākṣasa Kavi.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Clouds.

Erotic poetry, Indic.

Erotic poetry, Sanskrit.

Clouds--Poetry.

Animals--Poetry.

Animals.

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Vaishnavism.

Genre:

Poetry.

commentaries

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1505

Other Title:

Rākṣasakāvya

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Love poem comprised of 20 verses with erotic imagery and lush images of flora, fauna, and especially clouds to convey tone and mood of the poem. There is a reference to Hari (Viṣṇu) so may have Vaiṣṇva influence. A commentary, possibly by Subodhini, runs parallel above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11r ); alternate title Rākṣasakāvya from wrapper notes; title of commentary Subodhiniṭīkā supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti kāvyarārākṣasaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 11r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple black 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 2117 (UP 1505).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1505.

Contains:

Subodhini. Subodhiniṭīkā.

OCLC:

927415415