Tīrthottaraprabandha, circa 1700-1850; तीर्थोत्तरप्रबन्ध,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Vādirāja, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a section of a larger work dealing with Hindu pilgrimage through a philosophical lens and divided into four sections each representing one of the four directions: North, South, East, and West. Manuscript deals with North India and covers the cities of Pandarapur, Prayāga (Allahabad), Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), Gayā, Mathurā and Ayodhyā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred space; Sacred space -- India; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Allahabad (India); Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India); Mathurā (India); Ayodhya (India); Gaya (India); Pandharpur (India)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from first folio margin (f. 1r); alternate title Uttaraprabandha from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left verso.; Colophon: ity uttaraprabaṃdhaḥ samāptaḥ // 6 // (f. 8v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse numbers highlighted in red wash throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 435

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts