Dānacandrikā, circa 1700-1850; दानचन्द्रिका, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual or handbook containing the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) governing the giving and receiving of gifts and donations, such as to and from Brahmans; as well as the rules governing punishments for great crimes (mahāpātaka).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Brahmans; Hindu law; Dharma; Crime -- Religious aspects; Vishnu (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Gods, Vedic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (103 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 103v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 103 leaves foliated 1-103, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti dānacaṃdrīkāsamāptā // (f. 103v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Contains a nine-sectioned chart of various deities such as the four-armed Viṣṇu or Śiva (the lord of Umā) as well as different Vedic gods (f. 73v); also contains a diagram of concentric circles containing incremental numbers (f. 94v).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 285

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts