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Subhāṣitasuradruma. Skandha 4, circa 1700-1850.
सुभाषितसुरद्रुम. स्कन्ध ४,
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1525
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Basavaraja, King of Keladi, approximately 1684-approximately 1745.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mythology.
- Maxims, Sanskrit.
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1525
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Poetic and mythological sayings and maxims compiled as a repository of ethical and political guidance and instructions for making good decisions through poetry and Hindu mythology. Manuscript is comprised of the first and the beginning of the second part of the fourth section (skandha) of this work.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 8r).
- Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
- 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti sūbhāṣitasūradrume caturthaskaṃdhe jagadvaicitryaciṃtānāmaprathamastavakaḥ // (f. 8r).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- 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 2230 (UP 1525).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1525.
- OCLC:
- 929986265
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