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MS. Sansk. d. 76

MSS. Sansk. d.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of the Meghadūta by Kālidāsa.
Ff. 1v-15r
Meghadūta Kālidāsa
Rubric: F. iir: meghadūtaṁ kāvyam -- kālidāsaḥ
Rubric: F. 1v: oṃ namaḥ śrī paramātmane puruṣottamāya ||
Incipit: F. 1v: oṃ kaścit kāṃtā virahaguruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ śapenāstaṅgamitamahimā varṣabhogena bhartuḥ ||
Colophon: F. 15r: iti śrīkavicakravartikālidāsa-viracitaṃ meghadūtaṃ samāptam ǁ ǁ śubham astu ǁ
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Fol. 15v:
Unidentified Persian marginalia
Language(s): Persian.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 15 + xii
Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 12 cm.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals in black ink, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso.
Foliation: Library foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right margin, recto.

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Daṇḍas and vertical ruling in red ink.

Additions:

Abbreviated marginal title on top-left margin.

Binding

Early 20th-century red textile binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark and author and title tooled in gold on the spine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Origin: 18th cent. CE. ‘Probably the second half of the 18th century.’

Provenance and Acquisition

Former owner's shelfmark: ‘No. 72’ written on f. ii in red ink.

Bought in 1887 from Eugen Hultzsch.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1249, p. 176

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:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1249, p. 176

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.