Manual and treatise on Hindu law (dharma) likely taken from a much large work or compendium on Dharmaśāstra, possibly the Dharmaśāstrasudhānidhi by the same author; focuses especially on rites and customs related to veneration (pūjā) of the sun through mantras and other religious formulas. Text represents a collection of practices found in other sources such as the Kūrmapurāṇa (f. 2v).
Title from colophon (f. 11r); alternate title Pūjāvidhānācārārkaprakāśa from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībharadvājamahādevabhaṭṭātmanasakalavidyābhidhānaśrīdivārakṛte ācārārkaprakāśeṣṭadho vibhaktasya divasasya prathamabhāgakṛtyaṃ sanātanaṃcinmayamādivījaṃ saṃsāravṛkṣasya girāmagamyaṃ rāmābhidhaṃjyotiraharniśaṃtadvadakṣakośe sphuranāvyadīye athadvitīyabhāgakṛtyaṃ // (f. 11r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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