MS Ind. Inst. Misc. 23

MSS. Ind. Inst. Misc.

Summary of Contents: A single folio with a citrakāvya or paṭacitra in Odia script in the form of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha. Painted on a verso of administrative paper with printed, unfilled table with headings in Odia script.

An unidentified citrakāvya.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: Paper. Brown administrative paper with printed, unfilled table with headings in Odia script on the recto.

50 × 32 cm.

Extent: 1 f.

Condition

Frail top and bottom margins, without loss of any akṣaras. Missing areas backed up with brown conservation paper.

Hand(s)

Odia script in black ink.

Decoration

A large painting of Kṛṣṇa playing a flute to Rādha on a floral background. The outlines are created from lines of Odia script, and details are painted in yellow, black, and red pigment.

Binding

Mounted on a white archive cardboard. Stored in a standard grey library cardboard cover box.

History

Origin: Not dated. Likely 19th century, terminus ante quem 1883. CE ; Odisha.

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by M. Monier-Williams in 1883.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript.

Availability

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Bibliography

Previously published in:

Camillo Formigatti, A Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library (Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2019).

Funding of Cataloguing

The cataloguing of this item was made possible through a benefaction from the late John P. Clay, founder and benefactor of the Clay Sanskrit Library.