Details

Subjects:

Sanskrit poetry.
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Unidentified poetic work or poetic commentary dealing with mythological themes and with at least some verses (such as ajārajaḥ khararajas tathā saṃmārinīrahaḥ //) associated with the author Cāṇakya. May be a collection or anthology of poetic verses (ślokagrantha).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 73v).
Written in 17-20 lines per leaf.
73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper center recto.
Colophon: iti subhāṣitaṃ samāptaṃ [śrīra]stu (f. 73v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Manuscript and text are oriented in a portrait rather than landscape format.

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 2227 (UP 1552).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1552.

OCLC:

927116177