Details

Subjects:

Śrīharṣa, active 12th century. Naiṣadhīyacarita.
Hindu mythology.
Nala (Hindu mythological character).
Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Son of Narasiṃha Bedarakara (f. 29v).

Summary:

Manuscript is employed for recitation and consultation and presents a commentary of the well known Hindu epic love story, as retold by Śrīharśa, about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī. Manuscript consists of the first section (sarga).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 29v).
Written in 13-17 lines per leaf.
29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śr[ī]bedarakaropanāmaśrīmannarasiṃhapaṃḍitātmajanārāyaṇakṛte naiṣadhīye prakāśe prathamaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ // śr[ī]lakṣmīnṛsiṃho jayati tarāṃ // (f. 29v).
Mistakes crossed out in black; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, phrases, or numbers highlighted in red.

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 2102 (UP 520).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 520

OCLC:

847764903