Ahnikaprakāśa, circa 1700-1850; आह्निकप्रकाश,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bhāskarabhaṭṭa, active 10th century-11th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual and treatise on Hindu law (dharma) dealing with daily ritual practices to be performed by hotṛ priests.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (81 leaves) : paper; 28 x 12 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Āpāji Bhaṭṭa and grandson of Haribhaṭṭa (f. 81v).; Title from colophon (f. 81v).; Written in 7-12 lines per leaf.; 81 leaves foliated 1-81, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatkāśyapānvayasaṃbhavāgnihotrikulatilakāyamānaśrīharibhaṭṭātmajaśrībhaṭṭāyājibhaṭṭasūnubhāskarakṛta āhnikaprakāśaḥ // (f. 81).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line and double red line on front and back folios (f. 1r and f. 81v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1635

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts