Details

Subjects:

Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Dharma.
Yājñavalkya. Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu law -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu law.
Dharma -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Philosophical commentary on Yājñavalkya's Dharmaśāstra, a work on early Hindu law (dharma), also referred to as Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti.

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 2, f. 218r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
511 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-24, 24-52, 54-292, [i], and (Part 2) 1-218, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaṭṭārakasya vijñāneśvarakṛtau ṛjumitākṣarāpāṃṭīkīyāṃ yājñavālkyadharmaśāstraviṃ[??]atau tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (Part 2, f. 218r).
Dated saṃvat 1833 and śaka 1698 (1776) (Part 2, f. 218r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Folios are treated with red wash or yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 2929 (UP 2417-B).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3050.

OCLC:

965828734