Dharmaśāstra. Adhyāya 1-3 , circa 1700-1850.
धर्मशास्त्र. अध्याय १-३ ,

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Yājñavalkya.

Contributor:

Mistrie, Sita Ram, Pandit, former owner.

Khiste, B.N., former owner.

Sastri, Buktanath, Pandit, former owner.

Bhauruji, Pandit, former owner.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Dharma.

Hindu law.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

There is reference to a Pandit Sita Ram Mistrie, B.N. Khiste, Pandit Buktanath (?) Sastri, and Pandit Bhauruji, possibly former owners, written on the board.

Physical Description:

1 item (44 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1623

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

First three chapters of a work on Hindu laws (dharma), customs, rites and ceremonies.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 44v).

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

45 leaves foliated 1-45, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīyājñavalkīye dharmaśāstri tṛtīyodhyāyaḥ // (f. 44v).

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

Watermarks of the letters G.V. and perhaps a bull with a large hump and something attached to it, possibly a harness.

Wooden board with one broken corner and writing 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 2926 (UP 1623).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1623.

OCLC:

930726707