Collection of various works on ancient Hindu laws (dharma), rites and customs, possibly attributed to the ancient sage Śaunaka (f. 178r) as well as other writers.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; A single wooden board supports the manuscript.; Title from colophon (f. 178r); alternate title Śaunakasmṛti supplied by cataloger.; Written in 19 lines per leaf.; 179 leaves foliated 1-177, [178], [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śaunakīyenārāyaṇabalividhiḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīdurgādevyainamaḥ // śaunakagraṃthasaṃkhyā 3878 śrībhavānīśaṃkaravyāgreśvarayogirIīevyai prasannostu // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // (f. 178r).; Dated after 1838, based on watermark.; Watermarks of the date 1838, the initials W.S., and a coat of arms of Britannia.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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