Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka, circa 1700-1850; सामान्यप्रघट्टक,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting pilgrimage centers in India and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) that govern them. Contains the overview/introductory section, the Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka, of a worked called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), a work that deals with three major centers: Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā. There is a numbered table of contents at the end of the manuscript (f. 76v)

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred space; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Dharma; Hindu law; Sacred space -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (77 leaves) : paper; 13 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

16th-century compiler and arranger of Sanskrit works who lived in Varāṇasī. He is the son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa.; Title from colophon (f. 76v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 77 leaves foliated 1-77, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikya śrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau sāmānyapraghaṭṭake prakīraṇakatīrthadharmaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 76v).; 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 are marked with a double red line through most of the manuscript.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 282

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts