Kṛtyaratnāvalī, circa 1650-1800; कृत्यरत्नावली, १६५०-१८००

Name:

Rāmacandrabhaṭṭa

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a collection of rules and regulations (Hindu law) drawn from a variety of Hindu epic and purāṇic sources and compiled together by the other; covers a range of different topics such as auspicious days of the Hindu calendar, the specific days to perform fasting, and various other rites and ceremonies.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu law; Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu astrology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (61 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Viṭhalabhaṭṭa and grand son of Bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭ (f. 61v).; Title from colophon (f. 61v).; Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.; 61 leaves foliated 1-61, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇābhita tatsadupākhya bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭāṃgajaviṭhalabhaṭṭavidhabudhavarasūnudharmaśāstrapārāvārīṇa-śrīmadrāmacandrabhaṭṭaviracitā kṛtyaratnāvalī saṃpūrṇā // śubhaṃ bhūyāt (f. 61v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 585

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts