Pañcatantra, circa 1700-1850.
पञ्चतन्त्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Viṣṇuśarman, attributed name.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Fables, Sanskrit.

Fables, Indic.

Genre:

Fables.

Animal stories.

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (155 leaves) : paper ; 16 x 32 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2418

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Called the Five-sections, this is a collection of ancient animal fables intended to give guidance to young princes on relationships (including political and social), as well as to entertain.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16v).

Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

155 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-75, (Part 2) 1-22, (Part 3) 1-26, (Part 4) 1-15, (Part 5) 1-16, [i], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīviṣṇuśarmanākṛte paṃcataṃtrākhyāne nītiśāstre aparīkṣakāritaṃ nāmapaṃcamaṃtaṃtraṃ samāptaṃ // śubhaṃbhavatu // (Part 5, f. 16v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse divisions in red throughout; vertical margins marked with red and gold line.

Each section begins and ends with a painted folio mostly featuring three mandala-like designs surrounded by an ornately painted border.

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 2324 (UP 2418).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2418.

OCLC:

964571202