Śiśupālavadha, circa 1700-1850
शिशुपालवध, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Manuscript titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology about king Śiśupāla, who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, who cuts off Śiśupāla's head with his discus (cakra). Manuscript is incomplete and comprises only part of the first of 23 books, from verse 44 until the end.
- Alternate Title
- Māghakāvya
- Creator
- Māgha
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- Hindu mythology
- Death -- Poetry
- Death
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Māghakāvya from abbreviations in margins.
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 3 leaves foliated 4-6, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmāghakāvye prathamasargaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 6v).
- Mistakes blacked out; minor correction in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2755
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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