1700–1850

Bṛhatkathāmañjarī

ms_coll_390item_746 · University of Pennsylvania

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Stories for both children and adults Hindu customs and legends.
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_746
Language Sanskrit
Date 1700–1850

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

Subjects & Keywords

Stories for both children and adults Hindu customs and legends.