Dānakhaṇḍa, circa 1700-1850.
दानखण्ड

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gifts--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Gifts.

Dharma.

Hindu law.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Cows--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Cows.

Bulls--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Bulls.

Rams--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Rams.

Water buffalo--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Water buffalo.

Domestic animals--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Domestic animals.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (32 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1591

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual of Hindu laws (dharma), rites, and ceremonies surrounding gift giving drawn from several established sources, such as the Brāhmapurāṇa (f. 1v); especially focused on giving different kinds of domestic animals such as cows, bulls, water buffalo (mahiṣī), and rams.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 31v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

32 leaves foliated 1-32, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti dānakhaṃḍasaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 31v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.

Watermarks of a coat of arms and the initials A and P.

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 3116 (UP 1591).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1591.

OCLC:

927415181