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Mānavadharmaśāstra. Adhyāya 1-12, circa 1700-1850. = मानवधर्मशास्त्र. अध्याय १-१२, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Manu (Lawgiver)
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (161 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1645
Status/Location:
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Other Title:
Manusmṛti
Subjects:
Dharma.
Hindu law.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a copy of a 1st-century work on Hindu law (dharma), rites, customs, and religious life of that period.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 160v-161r); alternate title Manusmṛti from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
161 leaves foliated 1-160, [161], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti mānave dharmaśāstrebhṛguprokte dvādaśodhyāyaḥ // 12 // śubham astu sarva jagatām (f. 160v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers or phrases highlighted in red.
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 2901 (UP 1645).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1645.
OCLC:
931706084