Prayogaratna, circa 1700-1850; प्रयोगरत्न,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a compendium of quotations from other authored works dealing with various kinds of rites and sacrifice. Work was compiled in the early 16th century. One work quoted is the Smārtapiṇḍapitṛyajñaprayoga, which outlines the rules for performing offerings of small rice balls to one's immediate ancestors. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism; Rice -- Religious aspects; Worship (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 9 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa.; Title from colophon (f. 14r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper middle and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: itī śrīmadviddanmuktūamāṇikyahīrāṃkuraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasutabhaṭṭanārāyaṇakṛte prayogaratne smārttapiṃḍapitṛyajñaprayogaḥ // (f. 14r).; 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 red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 143

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts