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Sāhityadarpaṇa, 1674. = साहित्यदर्पण, १६७४.

Author/Creator:
Viśvanātha Kavirāja.
Publication:
1674.
१६७४.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (147 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 521
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Subjects:
Rasas.
Aesthetics.
Sanskrit poetry.
Aesthetics -- Poetry.
Rasas -- Poetry.
Form/Genre:
Poetry.
Treatises.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for study and contemplation and is a treatise on the aesthetics of poetry dealing with the nature of poetry, rasa (flavor), ornamentation, and a variety of other topics; title translates as Mirror of composition. Manuscript is missing some folios.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 154v).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
147 leaves foliated 1-18, 26-35,35-59, 61-154, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity ālaṃkārikavakravarttidhvaniprasthānaparamācāryāśeṣabhāṣāvilāsinībhujaṃgasāhityārṇavakarṇaddhāramahāpātraśrīviśvanāthakavirājakṛte sāhityadarpaṇe daśamaḥ paricchedaḥ // s[ā]hityadarpaṇo 'yaṃ samāptimāgat // saṃvat 1731 varṣeje[ṣṭha] 1 ravire dīne pustakaṃ l[i]khyataṃ josā puṣkar // (f. 154v).
Dated saṃvat 1731 (1674) (f. 154v).
Scribe is Josā Puṣkar (f. 154v).
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 triple black or 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 2418 (UP 521).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 521
Contributor:
Josā Puṣkar, scribe.
OCLC:
847753878