Āhnikācāratattva, circa 1700-1850; আহ্নিকাচারতত্ত্ৱ,১৭০০-১৮৫০

Contributor:

Paradevata Ārya (scribe)

Name:

Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used by priests or householders for consultation about the rules and regulations governing the daily observance of different practices and kinds of prayers for the purpose of bodily and mental purification. Part of a larger work on Dharma called the Smṛtitattva. Manuscript includes a table of contents on the first two folios.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Pūrnnānanda Śarmmaṇ (f. 96v).; Pūrnnānanda Śarmmaṇ, former owner.

Subject:

Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism; Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (97 leaves) : paper; 9 x 43 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 97v); other associated title, Smṛtitattva, supplied by cataloger.; Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.; 97 leaves foliated 1, 1-7, 7-31, 33-96, middle right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīraghūnandanabhaṭṭācāryaṃ viracitam āhnikācāratattvaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīpūrnnānandaśarmmaṇā samālikhe pūstikā // śrīparadevatāryena saḥ (f. 96v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.; Formerly housed with Item 306.; Scribe is Paradevata Ārya (f. 96v).; In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 305

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts