Ekādaśīnirṇaya, circa 1700-1850; एकादशीनिर्णय,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Hindu legal text (dharma) dealing with rites and observances (vrata) of the Ekādaśī (11th day of the 15 day cycle of each month), which include fasting. Includes tables of calendrical numbers and types of rites.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Damodar Sastri Sahasrabudhdhoy is named in modern western cursive on several folios and is likely a former owner of the manuscript.; Sahasrabudhdhoy, Damodar Sastri, forner owner.

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 9 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 12 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; margins and tables marked with double or single red line. Manuscript is covered with a yellow powder to protect it from insects.; Single wooden board spattered with some kind of clear paste or lacquer and does not fit the size of the manuscript (11 x 19 cm).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1638

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts