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A composite Bengali paper manuscript. The first three folios contain the beginning of a commentary of Kālidāsa's Meghadūta. The following seven folios contain a fragment of an unidentified commentary on a kāvyaon Rāma's story. — Bengal.

MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 236 (R)

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Title

A composite Bengali paper manuscript. The first three folios contain the beginning of a commentary of Kālidāsa's Meghadūta. The following seven folios contain a fragment of an unidentified commentary on a kāvyaon Rāma's story. — Bengal.

Shelfmark

MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 236 (R)

Place of origin

Bengal.

Language

Sanskrit

Contents

Form

pothī

Support

Yellow paper. 8 36.5

Physical extent

[10 ff.] 3 ff.+ 7 ff.

Hands

Bengali in black ink.

Bengali in red ink (second set of annotations).

Provenance

Donated by Prof E.H. Johnston in February 1940; previously belonged to Evans-Wentz, W.Y. Dr. W.Y. Evans-Wentz .

Subject

Kāvya

Laghukāvya

Sandeśakāvya

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

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  • Johnston, E. H. (Edward Hamilton), 1885-1942

  • Kālidāsa

  • Wentz, Walter Yeeling Evans, 1878-1965

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