Ghaṭakharparakāvya, circa 1700-1850
घटखर्परकाव्य, १७००-१८५०

Description
Poem of 22 verses, about the love and longing of a wife and her husband who are separated during the rainy season and the husband's attempts to communicate with her through letters.
Creator
Ghaṭakarpara
Form
manuscripts (documents)
poems
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Rain and rainfall
Hinduism
Love -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Love poetry, Indic
Rain and rainfall -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Hindu mythology
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm
Notes
Name is written in the manuscript as Ghaṭakharpara (f. 5v). He was a contemporary and rival of the poet Kālidasa.
Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Ghaṭakarparakāvya supplied by cataloger.
Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīghaṭakharparakavinā viracitaṃ ghaṭakharparakāvyaṃ samāptaṃ // śrī kālabhairavāya namaḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // śrībiṃduvamādhavāya namaḥ // (f. 5v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3q814w2x
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1503
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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