Details

Subjects:

Sanskrit language -- Versification.
Sanskrit language.
Poetics.
Sanskrit language -- Rhetoric.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for study and consultation and is a kind of treatise, manual or textbook designed for students learning the various components as well as appreciation of the aesthetics or ornamentation (alaṃkāra) of Sanskrit poetry.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
31 leaves foliated 1-3, 5-18, 23-36, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 2344 (UP 531).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 531

OCLC:

851100358