Mahiṣīdānaprayoga, circa 1700-1850; महिषीदानप्रयोग,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual of Hindu laws (dharma), rites, and ceremonies surrounding gift giving, especially the gift of a female water buffalo (mahiṣī).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Water buffalo -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-4, [5-6], upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and significant additions in margins.; Watermarks of a sun with the initials S, A, D, and P inside; there is also a name that begins with Poller or Toller.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2729

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts