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Title

Authors

• Nārāyaṇa Bedarakara

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964457833503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913787743
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6445783

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a commentary (prakāśa) on the seventh section (sarga) of this Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits. Contains praise of Śrīharṣa as the king of Gauḍadeśa of the Gauḍorvīśakuśala, a people in northeastern India (f. 38v).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 38v).
   
• Written in 10-18 lines per leaf.
   
• 38 leaves foliated 1-38, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; numbers, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Nala (Hindu mythology)
• Damayantī (Hindu mythology)
• Hindu mythology
• Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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