Gayāprakaraṇa, 1857.
गयाप्रकरण

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century.

Standardized Title:

Tristhalīsetu. Gayāprakaraṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sacred space.

India.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Sacred space--India.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Gaya (India).

Genre:

treatises

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (39 leaves) : paper ; 15 x 37 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 278

Place of Publication:

1857.

१८५७.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Sixteenth-century compiler and arranger of Sanskrit works who lived in Varāṇasī.

Summary:

Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting the city of Gayā, a major pilgrimage center in India. Part of a larger work, the Tristhalīsetu, translated as "Bridge to the three holy cities."

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 39v).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau gayāprakaraṇe gayākṛtyam // (f. 39v).

Dated saṃvat 1914 (1857) on the basis of Ms. Coll. 390, Item 280 (f. 47v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.

Belonged to a single manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390 Item 279, Item 280, and Item 281.

Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 2862 (UP 278).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 278

OCLC:

826721697