Kāśīprakaraṇa, 1857.
काशीप्रकरण

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century.

Standardized Title:

Tristhalīsetu. Kāśīprakaraṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

India.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (146 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 37 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 281

Place of Publication:

1857.

१८५७.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

16th-century compiler and arranger of Sanskrit works who lived in Varāṇasī. He is the son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa.

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 pilgrimage center of Kāśī, and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) that govern such visits. Text is part of a larger work called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), which deals with three major pilgrimage centers in India: Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 146v).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

146 leaves foliated 1-76, 78-147, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikyādākṣiṇātmālaṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūnunārāyaṇābhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇaṃ ataḥ paraṃgayāprakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati // śubham astu saṃvat 19 104 78 caitrakṛṣṇacaturthyāmṃ caṃdravāserelīkhītaṃ samāptaṃ śrīgaṃgādevyai namaḥ (f. 147v).

Dated saṃvat 1914 (1857) (f. 147v); literally written as 19 104 78, but is likely 1914 as determined from Ms. Coll. 390, Item 280, its companion manuscript.

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 278, Item 279, and Item 280.

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 2858 (UP 281).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 281

OCLC:

828104862