Śaunakagrantha, after 1838; शौनकग्रन्थ, १८३८

Alternate Title:

Śaunakasmṛti.

Name:

Śaunaka

Date:

1838

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (179 leaves) : paper; 21 x 35 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

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.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks of the date 1838, the initials W.S., and a coat of arms of Britannia.; A single wooden board supports the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1668

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts