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Title

Ādnīkaprakaraṇa
आह्निकप्रकरण

Authors

• Laksmana Bhatta (Son of Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa)

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1628
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967798123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929715034
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6779812

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Compendium of Hindu laws (dharma) functioning as an instructional manual for priests to perform different rites and ceremonies, including death rituals and procedures, fasting observances (vratas), and domestic rituals.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 210r); alternate title Ācāraratna also from colophon.
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 210 leaves foliated 1-210, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (210 leaves) : 11 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmannārāyaṇabhaṭṭātmajaśrīmadrāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭasutalkṣmaṇabhaṭṭakṛtāvācāraratne ādnīkaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ śubharamastu // śrīrāmacaṃdrāyanamaḥ (f. 210r).

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Funeral rites and ceremonies--India
• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Vratas

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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