Details

Subjects:

Hinduism.
Nepal.
Hindu mythology.
Hinduism -- Customs and practices.
Hinduism -- Nepal.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit and Nepali (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study and recitation, and is a Sanskrit adaptation of an earlier Prakrit work containing a collection of stories, often having a didactic purpose and written for both children and adults. The major story arch is about Indian court life, sibling rivalries, as well as a complex love story. In the process of relating this narrative, many short narratives are told as asides or explanations and these contain a wealth of literature about ancient Hindu customs and practices, court life, gods, demons, animals, and other myriad of mythical beings. The main text is surrounded, above and below, with a Nepali commentary.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.
255 leaves foliated 62-316, upper left and lower right verso.
Manuscript contains modern multi-colored stamps of a landscape and Chinese sage in the margins of three folios (f. 277v-279v).
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 black and red lines.

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 2314 (UP 746).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 746

OCLC:

880450674