Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting three major pilgrimage centers in India. Translated as "Bridge to the three holy cities," the manuscript is divided into three sections, each dealing with one of the major centers named -- Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā -- with the longest section being dedicated to Kāśī. Missing is the initial, overview section, the Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka.
Creator:
Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century.
Timespan:
India.; Gaya (India); Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India); Allahabad (India)
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; Dated saṃvat 1885 (1827) (f. Part 3, f. 37r).; Colophon: iti śrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunā nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau gayāprakaraṇe gayākṛtyaṃ // samāptaṃ // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ saṃvat 1885 śārvarīnāmasaṃvatsare aśvinakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ tad dine samāptaṃ (f. Part 3, 37r).; 200 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-122; (Part 2:) 1-40; (Part 3:) 1-38, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; Title from colophon (Part 1, f. 122r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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