ViṣṇusmṛtiṭIkā, 1840; विष्णुस्मृतिटीका,१८४०

Name:

Nandapaṇḍita, active 1580-1630

Date:

1840

Description:

Manuscript is a commentary (ṭīkā) on the Viṣṇusmṛti, a work on Hindu law (dharma), rites, and customs.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (178 leaves) : paper; 13 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Dharmādhipaṇḍita (f. 178r).; Title from colophon (f. 178r).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 178 leaves foliated 1-178, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīdharmādhikārīrāmapaṃḍitātmajanaṃdapaṃḍitakṛtau viṣṇusmṛtivivṛtau śrīmatpāṃvaujayaṃtyāṃśatatamodhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 178r).; Dated śaka 1762 (1840) (f. 178r).; Manuscript is written on blue paper made in Europe with watermarks of E. F., possibly other initials, and G. Caprony.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts