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Title

Mitākṣarā.
मिताक्षरा

Authors

• Vijñāneśvara, active 11th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3050
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972537033503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/965828734
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/9972537033503681

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Philosophical commentary on Yājñavalkya's Dharmaśāstra, a work on early Hindu law (dharma), also referred to as Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti.

Notes

• Title from colophon (Part 2, f. 218r).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 511 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-24, 24-52, 54-292, [i], and (Part 2) 1-218, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1833 and śaka 1698 (1776) (Part 2, f. 218r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Folios are treated with red wash or yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.
   

Extent

1 item (511 leaves) : 14 x 44 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrībhaṭṭārakasya vijñāneśvarakṛtau ṛjumitākṣarāpāṃṭīkīyāṃ yājñavālkyadharmaśāstraviṃ[??]atau tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // (Part 2, f. 218r).

Subjects topical

• Hindu law--Early works to 1800
• Dharma--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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