Prāyaścitta, circa 1700-1850. = प्रायश्चित्त, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (257 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1640
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3m03xx3f - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Dharma.
Hindu law.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Atonement (Hinduism). - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Tables of contents.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Work on Hindu law (dharma) related to the performance of atonement rites. There is a table of contents at the end of manuscript (Part 2, f. 1-6).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 251r).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
257 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-251, (Part 2) 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīhemādrau prāyaścittādhyāye sarvaprāyaścittaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 251r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with triple black line. Paper treated with yellow powder to protect manuscript from insects.
Watermarks of a coat of arms and the name J. Whatman.
Wooden board with beveled edges supports the manuscript. The name Śrīgaṇeśa is written on the board along with some other illegible words. - 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 2984 (UP 1640).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1640.
- OCLC:
- 930727137