Śāntisāra, circa 1650-1800; शान्तिसार,१६५०-१८००

Name:

Dinakarabhaṭṭa, active 1575-1640

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual of or treatise on proprietary sacrifices and contains the rules and regulations (Hindu laws, Dharma) governing rites to be performed by a priest or senior household member. Helps to rid the home of sickness and bad omens through the propitiation of various Hindu deities.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism; Diseases -- Religious aspects; Omens -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (36 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 2r); alternate title Śāntidyota from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.; 36 leaves foliated 1-13, 15-37, upper left and lower right verso.; 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 black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 262

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts