Prāyaścittamañjarī, circa 1700-1850; प्रायश्चित्तमञ्जरी,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bāpūbhaṭṭa

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a Hindu law (dharma) treatise, employed as a manual for consultation, illuminating rites of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals associated with them such as different kinds of penances (for example, brahmakūrca, sāṃtapana, prājāpatya, and many more).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Atonement (Hinduism); Sin -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (92 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 75v-76r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 92 leaves foliated 1-16, 1-76, upper left and lower right verso.; Table of contents: Table of contents (Part 1, f. 1-16) -- Prāyaścittamañjarī (Part 2, f. 1-76).; Colophon: iti śrīmaccitayāvanekelakaropabhidhamahādevātmajabāpūbhaṭṭaviracitā prāyaścitamaṃjarī samāptā // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // śrīviśveśvarārpaṇamastu // śubhaṃbhavat // (f. 75v-76r).; 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.; Single wooden board with beveled edges and carved border to support the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1621

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts