Kumārasambhava. Sarga 3, circa 1700-1850.
कुमारसम्भव. सर्ग ३,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu mythology.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Parvati (Hindu deity).

Kārttikeya (Hindu deity).

Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Genre:

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2700

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is from the third chapter of Kālidāsa's well known poem, regarding the birth of the Hindu deity Skanda-Kārttikeya, dealing with the mythology of the relationship between the deities Pārvatī (Gaurī) and Śiva, their courtship and marriage. Manuscript is missing its beginning.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v).

Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 4-11, upper left verso.

Internal colophon: iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kaviśrīkālidāsakṛtau madanahadahano nāmatṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ 3 // (f. 11v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, phrases, and numbers highlighted in red; some blue ink or wash on final folio (f. 11v); 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 1936 (UP 2700).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2700.

OCLC:

974372331