Nārāyaṇabaliprayoga, circa 1700-1850; नारायणबलिप्रयोग,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Pratāpanārasiṃha; Yatisaṃskāra

Date:

1700

Description:

Text in the genre of dharmaśāstra. Manuscript is a manual on rites and rituals for ascetics (renunciants) and especially the worship of Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu. From a larger treatise, Yatisaṃskāra, on ascetic practice and laws governing them.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Ascetics; Hinduism; Dharma; Hindu law; Ascetics -- Hinduism; Narayana (Hindu deity); Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 9 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 16r); alternate title Pratāpanārasiṃha supplied by cataloger; alternate title Yatisaṃskāra from marginal abbreviation.; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 16-20, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, words, and phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2723

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts