Rāmacandrika, 1853-1856.
रामचन्द्रिक

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Keśava Kavirāja, active 17th century.

Language:

Braj

Subjects (All):

• Braj poetry.
• Poetics.
• Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

• tables (documents)
• drawings (visual works)
• poems

Physical Description:

1 item (273 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 26 cm

Place of Publication:

• 1853-1856.
• १८५३-१८५६.

Language Note:

In Braj (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Contains two Braj (Hindi) poems. The first is the Rāmacandrika by Keśava, on the exploits of the epic hero Rāma. The second work is the Kāvyanirnay by Bhikhārīdāsa, dealing with poetics and containing numerous picture poems or picture puzzles that incorporate words, syllables, and letters from lines of poetry into designs, tables, and pictures (such as a sword or a bow).

Notes:

• Title from incipit (f. 1v).
• Written in 5-20 lines per leaf.
• 273 leaves foliated 1-134, [i], 1-138, upper left verso.
• Dated 1910 (Part 1, f. 134r) and 1913 (Part 2, f. 138r) (1853-1856).
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red lines and golden border; some floral designs at the beginning and end of Part 1.
• Codex, bound in cloth.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Indic 24.

Contains:

Bhikhārīdāsa. Kāvyanirnay.

OCLC:

988031897