Prāyaścittatattva, circa 1700-1850; প্রাযশ্চিত্ততত্ত্ৱ, ১৭০০-১৮৫০

Name:

Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation by priests or household members regarding the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) surrounding the performance of rites of atonement or expiation. An unknown commentary to the text accompanies the first part of the manuscript (f. 1r-27r)

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Atonement (Hinduism); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Dharma; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (84 leaves) : paper; 10 x 42 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 84v).; Written in 5-9 lines per leaf.; 85 leaves foliated 1-9, [i], 10-84, middle right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīraghūnandanabhaṭṭācāryaṃ / prāyāściṭṭatattvaṃ samāptaṃ / (f. 84v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and extensive additions in margins.; Folios are of various different sizes; more than one scribal hand.; In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 307

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts