Details

Standardized Title:

Sañjīvanī (Meghadūta)

Subjects:

Kālidāsa. Meghadūta.
Kubera (Hindu deity).
Hindu gods.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu poetry.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Poems.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Named Mallinātha Sūri in manuscript (f. 20v).

Summary:

Commentary on Kālidāsa's Meghadūta or the Cloud messenger, referred to in the manuscript as Meghasaṃdeśa (f. 20v) and referring to a message sent between deities, especially Kubera, via a cloud.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 20v).
Written in 16-22 lines per leaf.
20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmallināthasūriviracitāyāṃ meghasaṃdeśavyākhyāyāṃ saṃjīvinyāṃ samāptoyaḥ graṃthaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastuḥ lekhakapāṭhayoḥ śamama astu // śrīrāmārpaṇam astu // (f. 20v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
Watermarks of a coat of arms incorporating a fleur-de-lis.

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 1634 (UP 1561).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1561.

OCLC:

927117501