A single folio with a citrakāvya or paṭacitrain Odia script in the form of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha. Painted on a verso of administrative paper with printed, unfilled table with headings in Odia script. — Not dated. Likely 19th century, terminus ante quem 1883.; Odisha.
MS Ind. Inst. Misc. 23
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A single folio with a citrakāvya or paṭacitrain Odia script in the form of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha. Painted on a verso of administrative paper with printed, unfilled table with headings in Odia script. — Not dated. Likely 19th century, terminus ante quem 1883.; Odisha.
Shelfmark
MS Ind. Inst. Misc. 23
Place of origin
Odisha.
Date
Not dated. Likely 19th century, terminus ante quem 1883.
Language
Sanskrit
Contents
Form
sheet
Support
Paper. Brown administrative paper with printed, unfilled table with headings in Odia script on the recto. 50 32
Physical extent
1 f.
Hands
Odia script in black ink.
Decoration
A large painting of Kṛṣṇa playing a flute to Rādha on a floral background. The outlines are created from lines of Odia script, and details are painted in yellow, black, and red pigment.
Binding
Mounted on a white archive cardboard. Stored in a standard grey library cardboard cover box.
Acquisition
Given by M. Monier-Williams in 1883.
Subject
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
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