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Nṛpavilāsakāvya, circa 1700-1850.
नृपविलासकाव्य
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2439
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Poems.
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (19 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2439
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Description of ancient court life, customs, manners, and amusements. Manuscript is incomplete.
- Notes:
- Title from internal colophon (Part 3, f. 7r).
- Written in 8-17 lines per leaf.
- 19 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-5; (Part 2) 1-2, [3-5]; (Part 3) 1-6, [7], (Part 4) [1-2], upper left and lower right verso.
- Internal colophon: iti śrīnṛpavilāsakāvye tṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ (Part 3, f. 7r).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and significant additions, notes in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Single wooden board with crudely beveled edges supports the manuscript.
- 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 2123 (UP 2439).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2439.
- OCLC:
- 968126127
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