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Title

Rāmacandrika
रामचन्द्रिक

Authors

• Keśava Kavirāja, active 17th century
• Bhikhārīdāsa

Call number

Ms. Indic 24
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9976895063503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/988031897

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Braj

Summary

Contains two Braj (Hindi) poems. The first is the Rāmacandrika by Keśava, on the exploits of the epic hero Rāma. The second work is the Kāvyanirnay by Bhikhārīdāsa, dealing with poetics and containing numerous picture poems or picture puzzles that incorporate words, syllables, and letters from lines of poetry into designs, tables, and pictures (such as a sword or a bow).

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1v).
   
• Written in 5-20 lines per leaf.
   
• 273 leaves foliated 1-134, [i], 1-138, upper left verso.
   
• Dated 1910 (Part 1, f. 134r) and 1913 (Part 2, f. 138r) (1853-1856).
   
• 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 lines and golden border; some floral designs at the beginning and end of Part 1.
   
• Codex, bound in cloth.
   

Extent

1 item (273 leaves) : 18 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Braj poetry
• Poetics
• Rāma (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Tables (documents)
• Drawings (visual works)
• Poems
• Manuscripts, Braj--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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