Smārtaprāyaścitta, circa 1700-1850; स्मार्तप्रायश्चित्त,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bhaṭṭa, Divākara

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a treatise and manual for performing expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals, such as fire sacrifice, to achieve these goals (such as the removal of sin or pāpa).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dharma; Hindu law; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Atonement (Hinduism); Sin -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (26 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 26r).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 26 leaves foliated 1-26, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti smārttaprāyaścittāni likhittāni // (f. 26r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Watermark of a fleur-de-lis.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1626

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts