Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 3, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग ३,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kālidāsa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Vālmīki.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2701

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is the end of the second and beginning of the third section (through verse 72) 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 internal colophon (f. 28v).

Written in 6-9 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated 28-37, upper left verso.

Internal colophon: iti śrīraghuvaṃśe mahākāvye kaviśrīkālidāsakṛtau naṃdī / nīvarapradāno nāmīdvatīyaḥ sargaḥ // 2 // (f. 28v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, phrases, and numbers highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black 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 1967 (UP 2701).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2701.

OCLC:

974372740