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Naiṣadhīya. Sarga 2-3, 1777.
नैषधीय. सर्ग २-३,
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śrīharṣa, active 12th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Naiṣadhīyacarita. Selections
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Hindu mythology.
- Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800.
- Nala (Hindu mythological character)--Early works to 1800.
- Nala.
- Nala (Hindu mythological character).
- Damayantī (Hindu mythological character)--Early works to 1800.
- Damayantī.
- Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism--Early works to 1800.
- Marriage.
- Genre:
- poems
- commentaries
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (68 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 33 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1565
- Place of Publication:
- 1777.
- १७७७.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is second and third 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. There is a commentary by Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa running parallel above and below the root text.
- Contents:
- Sarga 2 (Part 1, f. 1-32)
- Sarga 3 (Part 2, f. 1-36).
- Notes:
- Title from commentary colophon (Part 1, f. 32r); title of commentary Naiṣadhīyaṭīkā from commentary colophon (f. 32r).
- Written in 8-15 lines per leaf.
- Dated saṃvat 1834 (1777) (Part 1, f. 32r).
- 68 leaves foliated 1-32, 1-36, upper left and lower right verso.
- Commentary colophon: iti śrīvedarakaropanāmakaviśrīmantṛsiṃhayaṃḍitātmajanārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite naiṣadhīyaprakāśedvitīyaḥ sargaḥ samāptam 2 graṃtha saṃkhyā 1000 saṃvat 1833 phālgunaśuklatrayodaśī 13 bhṛguddine (Part 1, f. 32v).
- Mistakes covered with yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases highlighted in red through parts of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double 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 2099 (UP 1565).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1565.
- Contains:
- Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa (Son of Mantṛsiṃhayaṃḍita). Naiṣadhīyaṭīkā.
- OCLC:
- 927451495
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