Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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The work was composed under the orders of the Ahom king, Siva Singha.
Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Gauhati (Assam).
KRISHNAKĪRTANA
(Poems in honour of Kșishņa) Foll. 206; size 34 x 9 cm; paper; Bengali script; 8 lines to a page; Bengali. Author: Badu Chandidāsa (c. 15th century). Begins: সভাপতি তার সব সভাসদজন ।
আলপমতী তােহ্মাতে শরণ ॥
Ends: মথুরা আইল হেঁ৷ তেজি গােকুলের বাস।
মন কৈলে। করিবে মম কংসের বিনাস। Supposed to be the oldest known manuscript in Bengali. Lent by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta.
VIKRAMĀDITYA - KHĀPARĀCHORA-CHAUPAI
(A popular story) Foll. 30; size 26.9 X 10.8 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 12 lines to a page; old Gujarati. Author : Lābhavardhana, Samvat 1727 (A.D. 1670). Begins : gf waruit qfiqzfarar yrafarei
समरंता सुखसंपदा दिन दिन अधिक पाणंद ।।
Ends :
धवणे सुरणे बहुभावसु जे चतुर सुघट सुजाण भ० । कहे लाभवरधन तेहनै हुवै कल्याण भ० १३ इति श्री विक्रमादित्य खापराचोरसंवादोचोपई संपूरणं ।। श्री।। श्री।
56 illustrations in late Mughal style.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
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