Kṛtyaratnāvalī, circa 1650-1800.
कृत्यरत्नावली

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Rāmacandrabhaṭṭa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu law.

Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Fasting.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu astrology.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (61 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 585

Place of Publication:

circa 1650-1800.

१६५०-१८००.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Son of Viṭhalabhaṭṭa and grand son of Bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭ (f. 61v).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a collection of rules and regulations (Hindu law) drawn from a variety of Hindu epic and purāṇic sources and compiled together by the other; covers a range of different topics such as auspicious days of the Hindu calendar, the specific days to perform fasting, and various other rites and ceremonies.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 61v).

Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.

61 leaves foliated 1-61, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇābhita tatsadupākhya bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭāṃgajaviṭhalabhaṭṭavidhabudhavarasūnudharmaśāstrapārāvārīṇa-śrīmadrāmacandrabhaṭṭaviracitā kṛtyaratnāvalī saṃpūrṇā // śubhaṃ bhūyāt (f. 61v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple 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 2943 (UP 585).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 585

OCLC:

857167638