Vāstuśāntiprayoga, circa 1785; वास्तुशान्तिप्रयोग,१७८५

Contributor:

Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa Dāḍekara (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1785

Description:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) on rituals and ceremonies performed while constructing a home, based on the Aśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra. List at the end of manuscript of materials, implements, and ingredients associated with the rites and ceremonies to be performed.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Rites and ceremonies; Dwellings -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800; Hindu law -- Early works to 1800; Hindu law; Dharma -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti prāsādādauvāstudevatākramaḥ // (f. 14r).; Dated śaka 1707 (1785) (f. 14r).; Mistakes blacked out; significant words and numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks of a crown on a coat of arms with the initials C.B.C. below it and the word/name VOBNO on some folios.; Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 14r), likely Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa Dāḍekara as seen in other related manuscripts (for example, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1392).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1393

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts