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Title

Ahnikaprakāśa
आह्निकप्रकाश

Authors

• Bhāskarabhaṭṭa, active 10th century-11th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1635
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967848143503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930303896
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6784814

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a manual and treatise on Hindu law (dharma) dealing with daily ritual practices to be performed by hotṛ priests.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 81v).
   
• Written in 7-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 81 leaves foliated 1-81, 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; vertical margins marked with double black line and double red line on front and back folios (f. 1r and f. 81v).
   

Extent

1 item (81 leaves) : 28 x 12 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmatkāśyapānvayasaṃbhavāgnihotrikulatilakāyamānaśrīharibhaṭṭātmajaśrībhaṭṭāyājibhaṭṭasūnubhāskarakṛta āhnikaprakāśaḥ // (f. 81).

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu priests

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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