Tṛcapaddhati, after 1831; तृचपद्धति, after १८३१

Date:

1831

Description:

Manual of rites, including rules, dharma, and laws, for use by a priest performing praises and oblations to the sun (the Hindu deity Sūrya); performed in the tṛca meter (triplets) typically used in stotra (praise) literature.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Sūrya (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti tṛcapaddhatiḥ / (f. 16r).; Date based on watermark; typically manuscripts are written within a few years of the paper's production.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Watermarks of a seal, partial name of a paper company, and the date 1831.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1332

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts