Naiṣadhīyacaritam
eap_79005059 · Dharma Vajracarya Collection
Introduction
About this Manuscript
This is a commentry of Prakāśa composed by Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa on famous Mahākāvya text, Naiṣadhīyacaritam one of the five great epics (Mahākāvyas) of Sanskrit literature composed by Śrī Harṣa, son of Śrīhīra and Māmalladevī; patronized by the King of Kānyakubja; in the 12th century. The mahākāvya in 22 cantos. on the story of Nala and Damayantī based on the Mahābhārata episode (upto the marriage). The manuscripts holds only part of 1st and 2nd canto. It is written in Sanskrit language and Devanagari script. In this manuscripts colophone is missing so it seems it is an incomplete manuscript but with the help of intermadiate colophone author name and title has found. The text is damaged several parts are torned and several folios are missing from those cantos and garmmatical mistakes also found in this text.
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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Naiṣadhīyacaritam |
| Repository | Dharma Vajracarya Collection |
| Reference Number | eap_79005059 |
| Collection | Dharma Vajracarya Collection |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Mahākāvya |
| Date | Date not listed |
| Place of Origin | Nepal |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |