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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