Details

Standardized Title:

Parāśarasmr̥ti

Subjects:

Yugas.
Dharma.
Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Food -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Food -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800.
Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu law -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu law.
Dharma -- Early works to 1800.
Yugas -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a set of law codes (dharma) that are said to be especially suited for the fourth and current cosmic age (yuga) called the Kāli yuga (f. 1v) and explains why it is less appropriate for previous cosmic ages; work discusses rules surrounding gift giving, eating, proper conduct for kings, and more.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 38r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
37 leaves foliated 1-12, 14-38, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti parāśare dharmaśāstre māhāpāta[?]ādi nāśanaṃnāmadvādaśodhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 38r).
Dated śaka 1699 (1777) (f. 38r) and śaka 1706 (1784) (f. 1r).
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.
Watermark of the initials C and B along with part of a coat of arms or related emblem across two folios (f. 21-22).

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 2881 (UP 1579).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1579.

OCLC:

927414307