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Gāyatryartha, circa 1700-1850.
गायत्र्यर्थ
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2748
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mantras.
- Hindu law.
- Dharma.
- Gurus.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2748
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Text from the genre of dharmaśāstra literature dealing with dharma (Hindu law). Mention made of the Guruśāstra (treatise on teachers); related to Vedic Gāyatrī mantras.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 1 leaf foliated 2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti gāyatryarthaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ (f. 2v).
- Mistakes covered in beige paste or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- 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 3094 (UP 2748).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2748.
- OCLC:
- 974707408
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