Nṛpavilāsakāvya, circa 1700-1850.
नृपविलासकाव्य

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Kings and rulers in literature.
• Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

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