Prāyaścittenduśekhara, circa 1700-1850; प्रायश्चित्तेन्दुशेखर,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya, -1805

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a treatise and manual employed for consultation, reflection, and discussion and is a compendium of rites of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta), such as fire sacrifice, to achieve goals such as the removal of sin or pāpa. Table of contents at the end of the manuscript (f. 75r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Tables of contents; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (75 leaves) : paper; 11 x 32 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 75 leaves foliated 1-75, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadnaṃtoṣādhyāya sūnukāśīnāthopādhyāyaviracitaḥ sarvaprāyaścitatatatpratipadaukta prāyaścitādiprayogasārasaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ // śubham astu (f. 75r).; 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 quadruple red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1631

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts