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Raghuvaṁśam

eap_79021016

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This Sanskrit mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) by Kālidāsa tells the
story of several generations of the descendants of Raghu, ancestor of Rāma (‘vaṃśa’ means lineage). This manuscript contains all 19 cantos along with ‘Sañjivanī’, the commentary by Mallinātha (1375–1450) but the manuscript has lost two folia which contains the beginig verses (1-21) of the 19 cantos.

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