Triṃśaślokībhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; त्रिंशश्लोकीभाष्य,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used as a kind of manual for consultation and application by a priest or householder wanting understand the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) related to rites and ceremonies for the purification of the body through the removal of impurities. Manuscript has both a root text (mūla) and a commentary (bhāṣya or ṭīkā). The commentary follows consecutively after each verse of the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism; Hindu law; Dharma; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (22 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 22v).; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti triṃśaślokībhāṣyaṃ samāptaṃm // śrī // (f. 22v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Skin of an entire snake enclosed in manuscript (f. 9-10).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts