Details

Subjects:

Royal houses.
Hindu mythology.
India.
Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800.
Royal houses -- India -- Early works to 1800.
Kamrup (India : District) -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a poetic praise text celebrating the author's patron, a king of Kāmarūpa (ancient kingdom that spans parts of Assam and northern Bangladesh). Author draws on Hindu mythology although the king was a historical figure.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrītailaṃgavegināṭīyaballagabrahmopanāmakaśrīparamabhaṭṭātmajena paṃḍitarāvrabhaṭṭaṃ jaganāthena nirmitaṃ prāṇābharaṇaṃ saṃpūrṇam // saṃvat 1839 śrīgopāladevaḥ // (f. 12v).
Dated saṃvat 1839 (1782) (f. 12v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some minor corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers highlighted in red throughout; 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 2202 (UP 1506).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1506.

OCLC:

926069197