Raghuvaṃśa. Sarga 12, circa 1700-1850.
रघुवंश. सर्ग १२,

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 (7 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2715

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a part (from the end of the eleventh section through the beginning of the thirteenth 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.

Notes:

Title from opening lines of text (f. 77r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

7 leaves foliated 77-83, upper left verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases, verse divisions and numbers highlighted in red throughout; 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 1974 (UP 2715).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2715.

OCLC:

974378547