Saṃjīvanī, circa 1700-1850
संजीवनी, १७००-१८५०

Description
Commentary on Kālidāsa's Meghadūta or the Cloud messenger, referred to in the manuscript as Meghasaṃdeśa (f. 20v) and referring to a message sent between deities, especially Kubera, via a cloud.
Creator
Mallinātha
Form
manuscripts (documents)
commentaries
poems
watermarks
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Kālidāsa. Meghadūta
Kubera (Hindu deity)
Hindu gods
Hindu mythology
Hindu poetry
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (20 leaves) : paper ; 16 x 22 cm
Notes
Named Mallinātha Sūri in manuscript (f. 20v).
Title from colophon (f. 20v).
Written in 16-22 lines per leaf.
20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmallināthasūriviracitāyāṃ meghasaṃdeśavyākhyāyāṃ saṃjīvinyāṃ samāptoyaḥ graṃthaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastuḥ lekhakapāṭhayoḥ śamama astu // śrīrāmārpaṇam astu // (f. 20v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
Watermarks of a coat of arms incorporating a fleur-de-lis.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ft22
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1561
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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