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Title

Authors

• Daṇḍin, active 7th century

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959555753503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/844235455
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5955575

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript of the "Adventures of the ten princes" (Daśakumāracarita) is a Sanskrit poetic work used for contemplation and the practice of recitation. Text follows the exploits of ten princes in their worldly pursuits for love, sex, wealth, and power within the courtly system of 7th-century India. Manuscript comprises the complete Introduction (pūrvapīṭhikā) and the first four chapters (ullāsa) of the poem.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 30r).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Courtly love--Poetry--Early works to 1800
• Royal houses--India--Early works to 1800
• Erotic literature, Indic--Early works to 1800
• Love poetry, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--17th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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