Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 2, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग २,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Vālmīki.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Genre:

poems

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2702

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a section 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. Lacks an ending.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant characters, phrases and numbers highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black line; pencil and ink doodles of birds and floral designs on various 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 1968 (UP 2702).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2702.

OCLC:

974036333