Gāyatryartha, circa 1700-1850; गायत्र्यर्थ, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text from the genre of dharmaśāstra literature dealing with dharma (Hindu law). Mention made of the Guruśāstra (treatise on teachers); related to Vedic Gāyatrī mantras.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mantras; Hindu law; Dharma; Gurus

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf foliated 2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti gāyatryarthaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ (f. 2v).; Mistakes covered in beige paste or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2748

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts