Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka, circa 1700-1850.
सामान्यप्रघट्टक

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century.

Standardized Title:

Tristhalīsetu. Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sacred space.

India.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Dharma.

Hindu law.

Sacred space--India.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (77 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 282

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

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 pilgrimage centers in India and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) that govern them. Contains the overview/introductory section, the Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka, of a worked called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), a work that deals with three major centers: Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā. There is a numbered table of contents at the end of the manuscript (f. 76v)

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 76v).

Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

77 leaves foliated 1-77, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikya śrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau sāmānyapraghaṭṭake prakīraṇakatīrthadharmaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 76v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins are marked with a double red line through most of the manuscript.

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 2866 (UP 282).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 282

OCLC:

828101455