Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2702: Raghuvaṃśa.
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Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant characters, phrases and numbers highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black line; pencil and ink doodles of birds and floral designs on various folios.
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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2702
9975393713503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974036333
Manuscript is employed for contemplation and study and is a section of a poetic work that deals with the exploits of the Raghu dynasty, important for mythic background to and retelling of elements of the Hindu epic, the Rāmāyaṇa. Lacks an ending.
In Sanskrit
Raghuvaṃśa.
रघुवंश
Kālidāsa
paper
1 item (7 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm
Ink decoration and borders, f. 1r
Hindu mythology
Rāma (Hindu deity)
Poems
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century