Details

Other Title:

Rākṣasakāvya

Subjects:

Clouds.
Erotic poetry, Indic.
Erotic poetry, Sanskrit.
Clouds -- Poetry.
Animals -- Poetry.
Animals.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Vaishnavism.

Form/Genre:

Poetry.
Commentaries.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Love poem comprised of 20 verses with erotic imagery and lush images of flora, fauna, and especially clouds to convey tone and mood of the poem. There is a reference to Hari (Viṣṇu) so may have Vaiṣṇva influence. A commentary, possibly by Subodhini, runs parallel above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11r ); alternate title Rākṣasakāvya from wrapper notes; title of commentary Subodhiniṭīkā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kāvyarārākṣasaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 11r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple 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 2117 (UP 1505).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1505.

Contains:

Subodhini. Subodhiniṭīkā.

OCLC:

927415415