Śiśupālavadha. Sarga 2, circa 1700-1850.
शिशुपालवध. सर्ग २,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Māgha.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Hindu mythology.

Death--Poetry.

Death.

Genre:

Poetry.

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2712

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript of a section of the poem titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology about king Śiśupāla who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa who cuts off his head with his discus (cakra). Manuscript is of the second of 23 books.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11r).

Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.

Colophon: iti śrīśiśupālavadhākhye mahākāvye māghakṛtau śryaṃke dvitīyaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 11r).

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant phrases, verse divisions and numbers highlighted in red throughout; some vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 2058 (UP 2712).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2712.

OCLC:

974037437