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Title

Naiṣadhīya.
नैषधीय

Authors

• Śrīharṣa, active 12th century
• Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa (Son of Mantṛsiṃhayaṃḍita)

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1565
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967595433503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927451539
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6759543

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is second and third 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. There is a commentary by Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa running parallel above and below the root text.

Notes

• Title from commentary colophon (Part 1, f. 32r); title of commentary Naiṣadhīyaṭīkā from commentary colophon (f. 32r).
   
• Written in 8-15 lines per leaf.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1834 (1777) (Part 1, f. 32r).
   
• 68 leaves foliated 1-32, 1-36, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Commentary colophon: iti śrīvedarakaropanāmakaviśrīmantṛsiṃhayaṃḍitātmajanārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite naiṣadhīyaprakāśedvitīyaḥ sargaḥ samāptam 2 graṃtha saṃkhyā 1000 saṃvat 1833 phālgunaśuklatrayodaśī 13 bhṛguddine (Part 1, f. 32v).
   
• Mistakes covered with yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases highlighted in red through parts of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

1 item (68 leaves) : 13 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800
• Nala (Hindu mythology)--Early works to 1800
• Damayantī (Hindu mythology)--Early works to 1800
• Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Poems
• Commentaries
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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