MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 232(R)

Sanskrit, Evans-Wentz Collection

Summary of Contents: A Bengali paper manuscript of Rūpagosvamin 's Haṃsadūta with numerous annotations in the margins.

Rubric: [1v1] oṃ huṃ namaḥ śrīkṛṣṇāya || ^^^ ||

Incipit: [1v1] dukūlaṃ , bibhrāṇo , dalitaharitāladyutibharaṃ , javāpuṣpaśreṇīrucirucirapādāmbujatalaḥ , | tamālaśyāmāṅgo ,
[1v2] davahasitalīlāñcitamukhaḥ , parānandābhogaḥ , sphuratu , hṛdi , me ko 'pi puruṣaḥ ' || 1 ||

Explicit: [20r4] rasānā,mādhārair aparicitadoṣaḥ sahṛdayair mmurārā⟨teḥ krī[sic]⟩niviḍaghaṭanārū
[20r5]pamahitaḥ | prabandho 'yaṃ bandhorakhilajagatāṃ tasya sahasā prabhor antaḥ sāndrāṃ pramadalaharīṃ pallavayatu || 142 || ❀ || ❀ ||

Final rubric: [20r5] iti śrīrūpa[20v1]padevakṛtaṃ haṃsadūtākhyaṃ kāvyaṃ samāptaṃ || ❀ || ❀ ||

Colophon: [20v1] yathā dṛṣṭvādi || ❀ || śakābdā 1621 || ❀ || ⟨śubha⟩m astu ^^^||

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Yellow paper.

8 × 36.5 cm.

Extent: 20 ff.

Foliation: Bengali numerals, mid-right margin, verso.

Condition

Damaged; the right side of the first two folios is half torn off; all folios are smudged and stained, with akṣaras (mostly still readable) damaged by humidity.

Layout

Written area: 3-4 × 29 cm.

5 lines per page, approximately 53 akṣaras per line. 5 × 4 mm. 1.25:1

Impressed marginal frame lines, no ruling. 3-3.5 × 28.5 cm. 2

Hand(s)

Bengali in black ink (main text and first set of annotations).

Bengali in red ink (second set of annotations?).

Additions:

Marginalia

invocations Invocation (śrī) immediately before the foliation, mid right margin, verso.
annotations Numerous annotations on all margins throughout the manuscript; the first set in black ink was probably written by the scribe of the main text, while the second set in red ink might have been added later.

Binding

Cardboard box, library binding.

History

Origin: Śāka 1621 / 1699 CE. Bengal.

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Prof E.H. Johnston in February 1940; previously belonged to Evans-Wentz, W.Y. Dr. W.Y. Evans-Wentz.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation