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Corpus Christi College : Kumārasambhava

Corpus Christi College

<p style='text-align: justify;'> A modern Jaina manuscript of Kālidāsa's <i>Kumārasambhava</i> containing the first seven <i>sarga</i>s. The eighth sarga, a vivid description of the 25-year long lovemaking between Śiva and Pārvatī, was sometimes omitted by medieval scribes due to its erotic content (for instance also in <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-02266/1'>Add.2266</a>, another modern paper manuscript).</p>

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