Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1517: Naiṣadhacarita. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1517: Naiṣadhacarita. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from title abbreviations in margins throughout. Written in 7-9 lines per leaf. 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1517 9964459633503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913794954 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6445963 Manuscript is the first 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. Manuscript is incomplete, containing only verses 1-103. In Sanskrit Naiṣadhacarita. नैषधचरित Śrīharṣa, active 12th century

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 1 item (14 leaves) : 11 x 23 cm Nala (Hindu mythology) Damayantī (Hindu mythology) Hindu mythology Marriage--Religious aspects--Hinduism Poems Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century