Manuscript is used for consultation on matters pertaining to Hindu religious laws and customs (dharma) and is a compendium of various rules and guidelines governing different Hindu rituals, practices, prayers, and observances (vratas); contains descriptions of systems of time and describes the best times of year to perform different various rituals, such as worship (pūjā) associated with specific deities.
Son of Kāśī Upādhyāya, grandson of Anujānanta Upādhyāya, great-grandson of Yajñeśvara Upādhyāya (Part 4, f. 69v).; Title from colophon (Part 4, f. 69v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 319 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-26; (Part 2) 1-78, 81-86; (Part 3) 1-125; (Part 4) 1-69; (Part 5) 1-115, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatkāśyupādhyāyasūrisūnuyajñeśvaropādhyāyānujānaṃtopādhyāyasūtisūtakāśīnāthopādhyāyaviracite dharmasiṃdhusāre tṛtīyaparichedepūrvārdhaḥ samāptaḥ // (Part 4, f. 69v).; Dated saṃvat 1886 (1829) (Part 5, f. 115r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line through a small part of manuscript. The text is divided into four sections, but section three is foliated into two parts, thus the manuscript as a whole is divided into five individually foliated parts.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 297
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