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Naiṣadhīyacaritam

eap_79005059 · Dharma Vajracarya Collection

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Mahākāvya
Repository Dharma Vajracarya Collection
Reference No. eap_79005059
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

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

Subjects & Keywords

Mahākāvya