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Title

Authors

• Śaṅkhadhara

Other related names

• ParvaṇIkara Govindabhaṭṭaputra, former owner

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967590553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927415805
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6759055

Publisher

Language

Summary

Sanskrit religious drama and satire, exploring inter-religious themes and interactions between religious figures, especially Buddhist and Jain monks with an undertone of humor possibly as a kind of social critique.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 11r).
   
• Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1741 (1684) (f. 11r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black lines.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Provenance

• Formerly owned by ParvaṇIkara Govindabhaṭṭaputra.
   

Subjects topical

• Jainism--Drama--Early works to 1800
• Buddhist monks--Drama--Early works to 1800
• Monastic and religious life (Jainism)--Drama--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Plays (performed works)
• Satires (document genre)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
• Manuscripts--India--17th century

Licenses

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