Bṛhatkathāmañjarī
ms_coll_390item_746 · University of Pennsylvania
Introduction
About this Manuscript
Bṛhatkathāmañjarī is a well known prose work composed by Kṣemendra(11th century). Bṛhatkathāmañjarī is a collection of stories from the Bṛhatkathā. The manuscript consist third section (Tṛtiya lambaka) to the section of Vetāl. The stating and ending of the sections of the text is incomplete. So the manuscript also imcomplete. The main text is surrounded, above and below, with a Nepali commentary. Manuscipt is written in 13– 15 lines per leaf. The total 255 leaves foliated 62–316, upper left and lower right verso. Manuscript contains modern multi-colored stamps of a landscape and Chinese sage in the margins of three folios (f. 277b). Mistakes are covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with black and red lines.
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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Bṛhatkathāmañjarī |
| Repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| Reference Number | ms_coll_390item_746 |
| Collection | Collection of Indic Manuscripts |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Stories for both children and adults, Hindu customs and legends. |
| Date | 1700–1850 |
| Place of Origin | United States of America |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |