Details

Standardized Title:

Tristhalīsetu. Kāśīprakaraṇa.

Subjects:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
India.
Dharma.
Hindu law.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

16th-century compiler and arranger of Sanskrit works who lived in Varāṇasī. He is the son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa.

Summary:

Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting the pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) that govern such visits. Text is part of a larger work called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), which deals with three major pilgrimage centers in India: Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 135v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
134 leaves foliated 1-18, 20-135, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmadviddhanmukuṭamāṇiyādakṣiṇātmālāṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūjunārāyaṇābhadaviracite tristhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇa[ṃ] ataḥ paragaṃyāprakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati // śubham astu // (f. 135).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 2859 (UP 303).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 303

OCLC:

830005973