Details

Standardized Title:

Naiṣadhīyacarita. Selections.

Subjects:

Nala (Hindu mythological character).
Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).
Hindu mythology.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and contains the thirteenth section (sarga) of this well known story, a Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti trayodaśaḥ sargaḥ pūrṇaḥ // 13 // śrī // (f. 6).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple 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 2091 (UP 1477).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1477.

OCLC:

911504799