Pañcādhyāya. Skandha 10, 1755.
पञ्चाध्याय. स्कन्ध१०,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nandadāsa, active 1568.

Standardized Title:

Rāsapañcādhyāyī

Language:

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Puranas. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.

Sikhism.

Hindu mythology.

Sikh gurus.

Krishna (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800.

Krishna.

Puranas. Bhāgavatapurāṇa--Early works to 1800.

Puranas.

Sikh gurus--Early works to 1800.

Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800.

Sikhism--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Poems.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (192 leaves) : paper ; 28 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2616

Place of Publication:

1755.

१७५५.

Language Note:

In Hindi (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Work drawing on the mythology and stories of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, with a particular focus on Kṛṣṇa and his dance. Front page has a mantra to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa followed by a list of the first six (of ten) Sikh gurus ending with Guru Hargobind (Hargovind) and followed by a list of 10 important Sikh figures such as Bha Bha Lal Chand (Lāl Cand), Santa Das, Naran Das, and others. Suggests a possible connection to a Sikh community, known to revere some Hindu poets.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 24 lines per leaf.

193 leaves foliated [i], 1-191, [192], upper left and lower right verso.

Dated saṃvat 1812 (1755) (f. 192r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; borders on some folios marked with six red and black lines.

Codex with board cover wrapped in canvas.

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 5688 (UP 2616).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2616.

OCLC:

971552333