Description
Bulabula is a text that describes 16 different kind of birds with the help of closely accurate, illustrated and multi coloured drawings. The text also give omens associated with the respective bird. This Ms. has 10 lines of discription for each bird and the name of the bird is given under the illustration. Some of the names maybe of older nomenclature or localised names which may be different from Hindi language slightly in pronounciation. The 16 Birds in the Ms. are [1] Bulabula in (f.1a), [2] Tāturā in (f.1b), [3] Baṭka in (f.2a), [4] Kuliṃga in (f.2b), [5] Durāja in (f.3a), [6] Bāja in (f.3b), [7] Kharagosa in (f.4a), [8] Kabūtara in (f.4b), [9] Jaga jaga in (f.5a), [10] Hadada in (f.5b), [11] Akaḥ Akaḥ in (f.6a), [12] Totā in (f.6b), [13] Laka laka in (f.7a), [14] Mānarūka in (f.7b), [15] Ṭoṭarū in (f.8a), [16] Phākati in (f.8b). This Ms. is written 10 lines per folio. The Ms. lacks a title. It is titled after the first bird drawing discription. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections & additions are present in the margins.
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