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Title

Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka
सामान्यप्रघट्टक

Authors

• Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1661
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968154763503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/932255656
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6815476

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting pilgrimage centers in India and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, dharma) that govern them. Contains the introductory section, the Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka, of a work titled Tristhalīsetu (Bridge to the three holy cities), which deals with three major centers: Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā. There is a numbered table of contents at the end of the manuscript (Part 2, f. 1-4)

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 130r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 134 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-130, (Part 2) 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1754 (1832) (f. 130r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Watermarks of G Dickenson 1826 and a coat of arms of Britannia.
   

Extent

1 item (134 leaves) : 11 x 20 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikyaśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnubhaṭṭanārāyaṇaviracite tristhalIsetausāmānyapraghaṭṭake prakīrṇatīrthagharmaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 130r).

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India

Genres

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

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