Smṛtikaustubha, circa 1700-1850.
स्मृतिकौस्तुभ

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Anantadeva, active 17th century.

Contributor:

Rāmacandra Abhidheya, scribe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Hindu astrology.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Vratas.

Widows (Hindu law).

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (292 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1575

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of Hindu laws, rules, and procedures for various beliefs, ideas, and practices that include astrology, marriage, food, fasting, observances (vratas), and widowhood.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 292r).

Written in 8-14 lines per leaf.

292 leaves foliated 1-292, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadanaṃtadevasūtāpadevatanayenānaṃtadevena viracite smṛtikaustubhe saṃskāradīdhitiḥ samāptim agamat // graṃthasaṃkhyā 8000 // śrīrastu // (f. 292r).

Scribe is Rāmacandra Abhidheya (f. 292v).

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

Single wooden board with slightly beveled edge supports manuscript.

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 2822 (UP 1575).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1575.

OCLC:

927413072