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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