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Title

Naiṣadha.
नैषध

Authors

• Śrīharṣa, active 12th century

Other related names

• Vināyaka Āḍibrekara (Son of Bālakṛṣṇa Āḍibrekara), scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 533
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959690123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/851098974
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5969012

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit with a closing prayer in Marathi

Summary

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and contains only the first three sections (sarga) of this well known story, a Hindu epic love story about Nala, king of the Niṣadas, and his wife Damayantī, how they came to be married and their subsequent exploits. Ends with a praise of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī in Marathi, written in Modi script.

Notes

• Title from colophon (Part 3, f. 17v-18r).
   
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 49 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-17, (Part 2:) 1-14, (Part 3:) 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1889 (1832) (Part 3, f. 18r).
   
• Scribe is Vināyaka Āḍibrekara son of Bālakṛṣṇa Āḍibrekara (Part 3, 18r) the same scribe that copied Item 535.
   
• 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 red line.
   

Extent

1 item (49 leaves) : 9 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmahākāvye naiṣadhe tṛtīyaḥ sargasamāptim agamat // śrīmahālakṣmī // pauṣaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ maṃdavāsare jhāśyāṃ āḍibrekara ityupanāmakabālakṛṣṇātmajavināyakena idaṃ pustakaṃ likhitaṃ syārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śrīmahālakṣmī daivyai namaḥ // śrījagdaṃbā mahālakṣmī // saṃvat 1889 (Part 3, 17v-18r).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Licenses

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