Śaṅkhalikhitasmṛti, 1761; शङ्खलिखितस्मृति,१७६१

Contributor:

Saṅkhā (attributed name); Likhita (attributed name)

Date:

1761

Description:

Manuscript is for private reflection on religious law (smṛti). Concerns the spread of "dharmaśāsa" or "command of dharma," with offerings to all the gods (vaiśvadeva), with recitation (japa), rites of the āhitāgni (sacrificer), procuring personal gain, and other things. Text opens with a mantra dedicated to the deity Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Recitations; Hinduism; Dharma; Dharma -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu law; Sanskrit literature; Recitations -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Sacrifice -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 12 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Work is attributed to two brothers named Śaṅkha and Likhita (f. 2r), authors of Dharmasūtra literature and thought to have lived before the 5th century A.D., most likely in the 3rd century A.D. The authors are briefly mentioned in a number of other smṛti works as well as in the Śānti parvan (chapter 24) of the Mahābhārata. The Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa names their parents as Jaigīṣavya and Ekaparṇā.; Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śaṃkhalikhitasmṛtiḥ samāptaḥ śrīsarakhatigaṃgājīdrajamunā sa[ṃ]vat 1818 miti purāsudipaṃcamivāraguravāra śrīkṛṣṇā (f. 2r).; Dated saṃvat 1818 (1761) (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts