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Tristhalīsetu, 1827.
त्रिस्थलीसेतु
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 276
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Sacred space.
- India.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Sacred space--India.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
- Allahabad (India).
- Gaya (India).
- Genre:
- treatises
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (200 leaves) : paper ; 15 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 276
- Place of Publication:
- 1827.
- १८२७.
- 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 three major pilgrimage centers in India. Translated as "Bridge to the three holy cities," the manuscript is divided into three sections, each dealing with one of the major centers named -- Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā -- with the longest section being dedicated to Kāśī. Missing is the initial, overview section, the Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka.
- Contents:
- (Part 1:) Tristhalīsetu kāśiprakaraṇa; (Part 2:) Tristhalīsetu prayāgaprakaraṇa; (Part 3:) Tristhalīsetu gayāprakaraṇa.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (Part 1, f. 122r).
- Written in 11 lines per leaf.
- 200 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-122; (Part 2:) 1-40; (Part 3:) 1-38, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunā nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau gayāprakaraṇe gayākṛtyaṃ // samāptaṃ // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ saṃvat 1885 śārvarīnāmasaṃvatsare aśvinakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ tad dine samāptaṃ (f. Part 3, 37r).
- Dated saṃvat 1885 (1827) (f. Part 3, f. 37r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- 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 2857 (UP 276).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 276
- OCLC:
- 826721694
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