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EAP921/2/1/12
- Record Id:
- 040-004067942
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004067929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139967741.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP921/2/1/12
- Title:
- मेघदुतं
- Additional Titles:
-
Meghaduta
- Scope & Content:
-
Meghaduta,(Sanskrit:"Cloud Messenger") lyric love poem in some 115 verses composed by Kalidasa.The Meghduta is the lament of an exiled yaksha who is pining for his beloved on a lonely mountain peak.When,at the beginning of a monsoon,a cloud perches on the peak,he ask it to deliver a message to his love in the Himalaya city of Alaka.Most of the poem,composed in an extremely graceful metre,consists of a description of the landmarks,cities,and sights on the cloud's journey to Alaka.Mallinatha Suri's Sanjivani commentry also available in this book.
Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer of British India. Birsingha is the birthplace of Vidyasagar. Many books are found which Vidyasagar used to read and gave a foot note on the book pages. Apart from this many manuscripts are also found. They provide all the facilities which can be possible for a rural library to its readers or members.
Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded.
Calendar: Common Calendar.
Extent and format of original material: One bound volume of printed book.
Physical characteristics: Brittle and laminate. The original volume with length of 21 cm.
Owner(s) of original material: Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library.
Author(s) of original material: Kalidasa.
Publisher of original material: Calcutta: Sanskrit Yantra.
Editor of original material: Modonmoham Sharmma Tarkalankar.
Alternative date and calendar: 1907 [Sambat].
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004067929
036-004067930
040-004067942 - Is part of:
- EAP921/2 : The Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur
EAP921/2/1 : Printed Books from the Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library
EAP921/2/1/12 : मेघदुतं - Hierarchy:
- 032-004067929[0001]/036-004067930[0012]/040-004067942
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP921/2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 85 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP921-2-1-12 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Sanskrit
- Scripts:
- Devanagari
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Brittle and laminate. The original volume with length of 21 cm.
- Arrangement:
- This book has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)