Mahādāna, circa 1700-1850; महिषीदान,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Mahādānaprayoga

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual of Hindu laws (dharma), rites, and ceremonies surrounding gift giving, especially the ceremony for giving a hundred cows to a Brahman (Gośata).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Mahādānaprayoga supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1, [2], upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line on final folio. Two folios are from different kinds of paper.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts