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Dharmasindhu. Pariccheda 1, 1858.
धर्मसिन्धु. परिच्छेद १,

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1596
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Language:
Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (29 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1596
Place of Publication:
  • 1858.
  • १८५८.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
Son of Kāśī Upādhyāya, grandson of Anujānanta Upādhyāya, great-grandson of Yajñeśvara Upādhyāya according to Ms. Coll. 390, Item 297 (Part 4, f. 69).
Summary:
Manuscript is the first section (pariccheda) of a larger work on matters pertaining to Hindu religious laws and customs (dharma) and is a compendium of various rules and guidelines governing different Hindu rituals, practices, prayers, and observances (vratas); contains descriptions of systems of time and describes the best times of year to perform various rituals, such as the worship (pūjā) associated with specific deities.
Notes:
  • Title from title abbreviations in margins.
  • Written in 12 lines per leaf.
  • 29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red. Decorative border on lower cover (f. 29v).
  • Manuscript was originally part of a larger manuscript that included Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1595.
  • Scribe is Bāladīkṣitadeva, son of Anantadeva (f. 29r).
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 2838 (UP 1596).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1596.
OCLC:
927444499

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