Dānaparibhāṣāprayoga, circa 1700-1850; दानपरिभाषाप्रयोग,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Dānavidhi

Name:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a collection of Hindu laws (dharma) focusing on especially gift giving and other rites and ceremonies (example, fire sacrifice or agnihotra). Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Agnihotra (Hindu rite)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (33 leaves) : paper; 13 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 10r); alternate title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.; 33 leaves foliated 1-33, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrībhaṭṭaśaṃkarātmajanīlakaṃṭhakṛte dānaparibhāṣāprayogaḥ (f. 10r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1653

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts