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Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of books 1-7 of the Kumārasaṃbhava of Kālidāsa with the commentary Mallinātha.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Ff. 1v-67r
Kālidāsa , Kumārasaṃbhava
Incipit: F. 1v asty utarasyāṃ diśi devatātmā himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ ||
Colophon: F. 67r iti śrī kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kālidāsakṛtai saptama sargaḥ samāptam āgataḥ || ❀ || ❀ || savata 1883 || miti bhādrasudī 5 ||
Class: mūla
Ff. 1v-67r
Mallinātha , Kumāraṭikā Title taken from the incipit.
Rubric: F. 1v oṃ śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Incipit: F. 1v atha kumāraṭikā likhyate || mātāpitṛbhyāṃ jagato namovāmārdha janaye ||
Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 67 + i
Dimensions (binding): 33 × 16 cm.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso.
Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, top-right corner, verso.

Condition

Complete books 1 through 7.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Highlights in red powder.

Additions:

Abbreviated marginal title on top-left and bottom-right margin.

Binding

Mid 19th-century brown marbled paper binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark number and descriptions tooled in gold on the red leatherspine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Origin: savata [sic] 1883 / A.D. 1827

f. 67r: savata 1883 ⟨1827⟩ miti bhādrasudī 5 |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of William Hodge Mill were purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1849 and 1858.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 184, p. 24

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 184, p. 24
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 184, pp. 115-116

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.