Kāśīprakaraṇa, circa 1700-1850; काशीप्रकरण,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting the pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Varāṇasī), and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, dharma) that govern such visits. Text is part of a larger work called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), which deals with three major pilgrimage centers in India: Kāśī, Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (169 leaves) : paper; 13 x 37 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 169v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 169 leaves foliated 1-169, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikyārdākṣarāṇyātpālāṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūnanārāyaṇābhaṭṭaviracite triṣṭhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇaṃ ataḥ paraṃgapāpraṇakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣṭhāti śubham astu // (f. 169r-169v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Single wooden board with beveled edges for support.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts