Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 6-10, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग ६-१०,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (27 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2697

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is several sections of a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important for mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa.

Notes:

Title from abbreviations in margins.

Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.

27 leaves foliated 25-51, upper left verso.

Colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśemahākāvye kālidāsakṛtau devāvatāronāmadaśamaḥ sargaḥ // (f. 80v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black line on some folios.

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 1966 (UP 2697).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2697.

OCLC:

974036068