Vratatithinirṇaya, circa 1700-1850; व्रततिथिनिर्णय,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is to be used as a kind of manual of rites and rules (Hindu law, Dharma) governing the performance of observances (vratas) such as fasting on particular days (tithi) and is part of a larger work and general treatise on lunar days called Tithinirṇaya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 10 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 8v).; Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts