Dharmaśāstra. Adhyāya 1-3 , circa 1700-1850; धर्मशास्त्र.अध्याय १-३ ,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Yājñavalkya

Date:

1700

Description:

First three chapters of a work on Hindu laws (dharma), customs, rites and ceremonies.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

There is reference to a Pandit Sita Ram Mistrie, B.N. Khiste, Pandit Buktanath (?) Sastri, and Pandit Bhauruji, possibly former owners, written on the board.; Mistrie, Sita Ram, Pandit, former owner.; Khiste, B.N., former owner.; Sastri, Buktanath, Pandit, former owner.; Bhauruji, Pandit, former owner.

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (44 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 44v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 45 leaves foliated 1-45, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīyājñavalkīye dharmaśāstri tṛtīyodhyāyaḥ // (f. 44v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Watermarks of the letters G.V. and perhaps a bull with a large hump and something attached to it, possibly a harness.; Wooden board with one broken corner and writing supports manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1623

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts