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Title

Tristhalīsetu
त्रिस्थलीसेतु

Authors

• Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 276
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958976963503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/826712343
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5897696

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 three major pilgrimage centers in India. Translated as "Bridge to the three holy cities," the manuscript is divided into three sections, each dealing with one of the major centers named -- Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā -- with the longest section being dedicated to Kāśī. Missing is the initial, overview section, the Sāmānyapraghaṭṭaka.

Notes

• Title from colophon (Part 1, f. 122r).
   
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
   
• 200 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-122; (Part 2:) 1-40; (Part 3:) 1-38, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1885 (1827) (f. Part 3, f. 37r).
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (200 leaves) : 15 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunā nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau gayāprakaraṇe gayākṛtyaṃ // samāptaṃ // śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ saṃvat 1885 śārvarīnāmasaṃvatsare aśvinakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ tad dine samāptaṃ (f. Part 3, 37r).

Subjects topical

• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• Sacred space--India
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

• Treatises
• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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