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Śāntisāra, circa 1700-1850.
शान्तिसार
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 298
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Dinakarabhaṭṭa, active 1575-1640.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Omens.
- India.
- Purity, Ritual--Hinduism.
- Purity, Ritual.
- Dharma.
- Hindu law.
- Omens--India.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (101 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 298
- Other Title:
- Śāntiprayoga.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Son of Rāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭa and grandson of Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa.
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a kind of manual of or treatise on proprietary sacrifices and contains the rules and regulations (Hindu laws, Dharma) governing rites to be performed by a priest or senior household member. Helps to rid the home of sickness and bad omens through the propitiation of various Hindu deities.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śāntiprayoga from internal colophon (f. 77r).
- Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
- 101 leaves foliated 38-72, 75-79, 82-103, 108-130, 132-138, 147, 161-164, 166-169, upper left and lower right verso.
- Internal colophon: iti nārāyaṇabhaṭṭasutamadrāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭasutadinakarabhaṭṭakṛto jyeṣṭāśāṃtiprayogaḥ // (f. 77r).
- 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 marked with double black line.
- 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 3238 (UP 298).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 298
- OCLC:
- 830003304
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