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MS. Sansk. d. 37 (R)

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Kalidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa III–VII, 17th cent.?

Contents

The Raghuvaṃśa, by Kālidāsa, fragments of sargas III–VII

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: adhīpsitaṃ bhartṛrupasthitodayaṃ sakhijanodvīkṣaṇakaumudimukhaṃ | nidānam Ikṣvākukulasya saṃtates Sudakṣiṇā dauhṛdalakṣaṇaṃ dadhau ǁ 1 ǁ = III, 1.
Explicit: udbhāsitaṃ maṃgalasaṃvidhā |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string going through two holes.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

the MS. is in a decaying state, and broken in several places. A piece of f. 22 is broken off, and ff. 1, 4, 27, 28 are more seriously damaged.

Hand(s)

Telugu.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

appears to be old, probably 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1231, p. 168

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1231, p. 168

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