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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2700 Kumārasambhava. / कुमारसम्भव

Title

Kumārasambhava.
कुमारसम्भव

Authors

Kālidāsa

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2700
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9975494733503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974372331

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is from the third chapter of Kālidāsa's well known poem, regarding the birth of the Hindu deity Skanda-Kārttikeya, dealing with the mythology of the relationship between the deities Pārvatī (Gaurī) and Śiva, their courtship and marriage. Manuscript is missing its beginning.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 11v).
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 4-11, upper left verso.
Internal colophon: iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kaviśrīkālidāsakṛtau madanahadahano nāmatṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ 3 // (f. 11v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, phrases, and numbers highlighted in red; some blue ink or wash on final folio (f. 11v); vertical margins marked with double red line.

Extent

1 item (8 leaves) : 12 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

Hindu mythology
Siva (Hindu deity)
Parvati (Hindu deity)
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)
Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

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

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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