Kāśīvihārapuṣkariṇī, circa 1700-1850; काशीविहारपुष्करिणी,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Work about pilgrimage centers in the sacred city of Vāraṇāsī (Kāśī) and benefits received there, such as ridding one of sins if you bathe in the Ganges River there. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Bathing customs -- India; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (73 leaves) : paper; 12 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from final title page (f. 73v).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes 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 2364

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts