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Śakuntalā. Sarga 1-3, circa 1700-1850. = शकुन्तला. सर्ग १-३, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Kālidāsa.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1570
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Śakuntalā. Selections
Subjects:
Orphans.
Śakuntalā (Hindu mythology).
Love poetry, Indic.
Hindu mythology.
Love -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Śakuntalā (Hindu mythology) -- Poetry.
Orphans -- Poetry.
Form/Genre:
Poetry.
Plays (document genre)
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript for private contemplation or public recitation/performance and contains the first three acts (sargas) of the dramatic retelling of the Hindu mythological figure Śakuntalā, an orphan girl from the union of a renunciant and a heavenly nymph (apsarā). The narrative follows the love affair and marriage between Śakuntalā and king Duṣana and their various trials and adventures. Originally told in the epic Mahābhārata, the story was adapted by the poet Kālidāsa in the 5th century.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 15r).
Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti niṣkrāṃtāḥ sarvatṛtīyokaṃ // (f. 15r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red at the beginning of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double 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 2244 (UP 1570).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1570.
OCLC:
927417250