Ādnīkaprakaraṇa, circa 1700-1850; आह्निकप्रकरण,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Ācāraratna

Name:

Laksmana Bhatta (Son of Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa)

Date:

1700

Description:

Compendium of Hindu laws (dharma) functioning as an instructional manual for priests to perform different rites and ceremonies, including death rituals and procedures, fasting observances (vratas), and domestic rituals.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Funeral rites and ceremonies; Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India; Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Vratas

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (210 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 210r); alternate title Ācāraratna also from colophon.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 210 leaves foliated 1-210, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmannārāyaṇabhaṭṭātmajaśrīmadrāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭasutalkṣmaṇabhaṭṭakṛtāvācāraratne ādnīkaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ śubharamastu // śrīrāmacaṃdrāyanamaḥ (f. 210r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1628

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts