Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1625: Kanyasthakṛṣṇaveṇītirthavīdhīmahatmya
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Title from colophon (f. 12v); alternate title Kṛṣṇayātrāni from cover leaf (f. i recto).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated [i], 1-5, 10-12, [13], upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1625
9967782623503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929211835
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6778262
Treatise on Hindu laws (dharma) as well as a manual that promotes, describes, and instructs pilgrims on how to perform rites and ceremonies related to visiting the sacred river called Kṛṣṇaveṇī. Manuscript is incomplete.
In Sanskrit
Kanyasthakṛṣṇaveṇītirthavīdhīmahatmya
कन्यस्थकृष्णवेणीतिर्थवीधीमहत्म्य
Colophon: iti kanyasthakṛṣṇāveṇītirthavīdhīmahatmyasaṃpūrṇaṃm astu // (f. 12v).
paper
1 item (10 leaves) : 11 x 30 cm
The partially legible signature A. Du--------- is found written in pencil on the opening folio (f. i verso) who could be a former owner of the manuscript.
Dharma
Hindu law
Rites and ceremonies--India
Rivers--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century