Naiṣadhacarita. Sarga 5, circa 1700-1850. = नैषधचरित. सर्ग ५, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 34 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1523
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3gj64 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Naiṣadhīyacarita. Selections
- Subjects:
- Damayantī (Hindu mythological character).
Nala (Hindu mythological character).
Hindu mythology.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. - Form/Genre:
- Commentaries.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is the fifth section (sarga) of this Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits. Manuscript is incomplete, containing only verses 1-95. There is an unidentified commentary (ṭīkā) running parallel, above and below the root text.
- Notes:
- Title from title abbreviations in margins; title of commentary Naiṣadhacaritaṭīkā from title abbreviations in margins.
Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple black 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 2100 (UP 1523).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1523.
- Contains:
- Naiṣadhacaritaṭīkā.
- OCLC:
- 927114549