Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Rāgadhanyāśī, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm.

Fragment of a treatise about music, dance and theater. Title refers to a style of rāga (musical melody), a dhanyāśī or dhanāśrī, mentioned in the text. Manuscript lacks most of the text, including its beginning and ending.

Title from line 3 of folio 28 recto; alternate title Saṃgītagrantha supplied by cataloger.

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 26-28, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple black line.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2440.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2440

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

रागधन्याशी, १७००-१८५०.