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Kāśīprakaraṇa, 1857.

Abstract:
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, 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.
Creator:
Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century.
Timespan:
India.; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Date:
1700
Identifier:
9959063053503681; (OCoLC)ocn828104862; (OCoLC)828104862; (PU)5906305-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Hindu law.; Rites and ceremonies.; Dharma.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages.; Rites and ceremonies -- India.; Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (146 leaves) : paper; 14 x 37 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Dated saṃvat 1914 (1857) (f. 147v); literally written as 19 104 78, but is likely 1914 as determined from Ms. Coll. 390, Item 280, its companion manuscript.; Belonged to a single manuscript along with Ms. Coll 390, Item 278, Item 279, and Item 280.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.; Title from colophon (f. 146v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 146 leaves foliated 1-76, 78-147, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikyādākṣiṇātmālaṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūnunārāyaṇābhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇaṃ ataḥ paraṃgayāprakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati // śubham astu saṃvat 19 104 78 caitrakṛṣṇacaturthyāmṃ caṃdravāserelīkhītaṃ samāptaṃ śrīgaṃgādevyai namaḥ (f. 147v).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 390
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts.