Yatidharmaprakāśa, circa 1700-1850; यतिधर्मप्रकाश,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Vāsudevāśrama

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and reference and is a kind of Hindu rule or law code (dharma) and treatise, outlining the rules and regulations for the procedures and practices of becoming an ascetic or renunciant (yati). Manuscript has a praise mantra dedicated to the Narmadā River at the end of the manuscript (f. 70r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (70 leaves) : paper; 11 x 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Narmada River (India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Pupil of Rāmakṛṣṇāśrama (f. 70r).; Title from colophon (f. 70r).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 70 leaves foliated 1-70, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīrāmakṛṣṇāśramapūjyapādaśiṣyavāsudevāśrameṇa muninā viracito 'yaṃ yatidharmaprakāśaḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 70r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks bearing the crest of Britannia.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1115

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts