Details

Other Title:

Śṛṅgāraśatakaṭīkā.

Subjects:

Bhartr̥hari. Śr̥ngāraśataka.
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

5th-century philosopher and poet known especially for his work on theories of language.

Summary:

Manuscript is used for recitation and study and is a collection of poetic aphorisms by the well-known poet-philosopher Bhartṛhari. The text is the second part of a three-part work, each consisting of a little more than one hundred (śataka) verses. Part 2 (Śṛṅgāraśataka) is one hundred aphorisms on sexual desire. Commentary on the main text is by the same author and runs parallel above and below it.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r); alternate title Śṛṅgāraśatakaṭīkā from colophon.
Written in 15-18 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhartṛhariṇāciracitaṃśṛṃgāraśataṭīkā samāptam // śubhamastu // (f. 13).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through first three folios (f. 1-3r) 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 2184 (UP 516).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 516

OCLC:

847763202