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MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 233(R)

Sanskrit, Evans-Wentz Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A Bengali paper manuscript of Kālidāsa 's Meghadūta with numerous annotations in the margins.
Kālidāsa , Meghadūta
Rubric: [1v1] [siddham] || oṃ namo gaṇapataye ||
Incipit: [1v1] || kaścit_ kāntāvirahaguruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ śāpenāstaṃ gamitamahimā[sic] varṣabhogyeṇa bhartuḥ | yakṣa
ś cakre janakatanayāsnānapuṇyodakeṣu snigdhacchāyā taruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryyāśrameṣu || 1 ||
Explicit: [21r2] etat_ kṛtvā priyasamucitaṃ prārthanācetaye me sauhārddād vā vidhura iti vā ma⟨yy a⟩nukrośabuddhyā |
iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada prāvṛṣā saṃbhṛtaśrīr mā bhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te vidyutā viprayogaḥ || 114 || 1 || ❀ || ❀ || ❀ ||
Final rubric: [21r4] || iti śrīkālidāsakṛtaṃ meghadūtaṃ dhavalikāvyaṃ samāptaṃ || ❀ || ❀ ||
Colophon: [21r4] śubham astu lipikarttari || śakābdā[sic] 1622 ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Yellow paper.

8 × 36.5 cm.

Extent: X ff.
Foliation: Bengali numerals, mid-right margin, verso.

Condition

Damaged; all folios are smudged and stained, with akṣaras (mostly still readable) damaged by humidity.

Layout

4 lines per page, approximately 54 akṣaras per line. 3-4 × 3 mm. 1.25:1

Impressed marginal frame lines. 2 × 23.7-25.5 cm. 2

Hand(s)

Bengali in black ink.

Bengali in red ink (second set of annotations).

Additions:

Marginalia

  • \Invocation (śrī) immediately before the foliation, mid right margin, verso. /
  • \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 1622 / 1700 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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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscript

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Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation