Gurulakṣaṇa, circa 1700-1850.
गुरुलक्षण

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Gurus.
• Hindu architecture.
• Hindu astrology.

Genre:

• manuals (instructional materials)
• treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 584

Other Title:

• Pīṭhalakṣaṇa.
• Candralakṣana.

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a section of a larger work containing a variety of topics such as the qualities of a good teacher and student, astrology, and architecture.

Notes:

• Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate titles Pīṭhalakṣaṇa and Candralakṣana supplied by cataloger.
• Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso; also foliated 11-13, upper left verso, indicating that it was part of a larger manuscript.
• Colophon: śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ / athagurulakṣaṇaṃ / guravovahavaḥ (f. 1r).
• Mistakes 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 5354, 5355, and 5111 (UP 584).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 584

OCLC:

857174313