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1 copy of Singhāsan battīsī by Vikramāditya Śakāri, King of Ujjain
Title: Singhāsan battīsī
Title: Siṃhāsana-batīsī
A Persian translation of the Simhasan-battisi, beginning with the story of Mahadiv and Parbati.
Incipit: وقتى شريمها ديو و ماتا پاروتى بر كيلامن پربت
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 125 f.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Decoration
In f. 1b, illustration representing a blue youth (Krishna?) cut from a Sanskrit manuscript and pasted in.
History
Origin: 19th century CE
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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