Prayāgasnānavidhi, 1695; प्रयागस्नानविधि,१६९५

Contributor:

Madhyenistale, Sarvottama (Son of Viśvanāthabhaṭṭa) (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1695

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of instructional manual for priests performing bathing rites and prayers in the sacred Hindu pilgrimage center of Prayāga (modern-day Allahabad).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies; Bathing customs; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India -- Early works to 1800; Bathing customs -- India -- Early works to 1800; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 9 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Allahabad (India) -- Early works to 1800

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10v).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti prayāgasmānavidhiḥ // saṃvat 1752 māghaśuddhanavamyāṃ śanau agastīśvarathabrahmeśvarasannidhau ubhayor madhyenistale ity upanāmakaviśvanāthabhaṭṭātmajasarvottamena likhitaṃ // śrīrastu // sarvajagataḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇām astu // (f. 10v).; Dated saṃvat 1752 (1695) (f. 10v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 140

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts