Śuddhitattva, circa 1700-1850; শুদ্ধিতত্ত্ৱ,১৭০০-১৮৫০

Name:

Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used by priests or householders for consultation about the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) governing rites of purification and includes a section on widow burning (sātī). Part of a larger work on Dharma called the Smṛtitattva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism; Widows (Hindu law); Sati; 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 (76 leaves) : paper; 9 x 43 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 1r).; Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.; 76 leaves foliated 1-68, 67-74, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in brown ink; mistakes crossed out; some corrections and additions in margins in blue ink and pencil.; Most of the manuscript is European stock of paper with watermarks. Written with two or three different scribal hands.; Formerly housed with Item 305.; In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 306

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts