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Subject(s)

• Sanskrit language—Glossaries, vocabularies, etc—Persian [Browse]
• Vedanta [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

A translation by Valī of the well-known Hindu allegorical drama, followed by short texts in Sanskrit and a glossary of Sanskrit terms.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. ib.
• On front cover: Label reading "93 Tārīkh Qiṣṣah-i Bayd [?] va Sha[-]tar [?]" in Arabic script.
• Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on the second folio. Record follows erroneous foliation.
• Physical description: Main text written in nastaʻliq on a diagonal in black on tan unglazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Fol. 89-94 are of different Arabic paper. Some paper repairs, insect damage, and staining; text largly unaffected. First and last folios partially pasted to covers. Fol. 84b, 85b-86a, 92b-93a blank.
• Origin: Copy completed 1074 H [1663 or 4] (fol. 84a). The original translation was completed in 1073 H (Rieu, III, 1043).
• Incipit: حمد ذاتى را که اصل ذات ماست

Binding note

Full maroon leather over pasted boards with gold-stamped central mandorla and pendants and gold-tooled fillets; pink paper doublures.

Language note

Persian and Sanskrit.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-84a: Kitāb-i Gulzār-i ḥāl.
• 2. fol. 85a: [Extracts of Persian poetry].
• 3. fol. 86b-88a: [Unidentified Sanskrit text].
• 4. fol. 89b-92a: [Glossary of Sanskirt terms explained in Persian].
• 5. fol. 93b-94b: [Notes in Sanskrit and Persian].
• 6. fol. 95a-100a: [Unidentified Sanskrit text]. Bound upside-down.

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References

Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, III, 1043 (Or. 2016, no. 3)

Other title(s)

• Gulzār-i ḥāl.
• گلزار حال.

OCLC

761722754

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