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Title

Prāyaścittaviveka
प्रायश्चित्तविवेक

Authors

• Śūlapāṇi, active 1365-1445

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1577
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967588713503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927414122
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6758871

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a treatise employed for consultation, reflection, and discussion and is an explanation, illumination, and commentary regarding the secrets of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals, such as fire sacrifice, to achieve these goals (such as the removal of sin or pāpa).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 174v).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 174 leaves foliated 1-174, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1843 and śaka 1709 (f. 174v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
   
• One wooden cover with a simple beveled edge supports the manuscript.
   

Extent

1 item (174 leaves) : 13 x 32 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīsāddhadripālamahāmaopādhyāya śrīśūlapāṇiviracitaḥ prāyaścittavivekaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ // (f. 174r-174v).

Subjects topical

• Dharma--Early works to 1800
• Hindu law--Early works to 1800
• Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800
• Atonement (Hinduism)--Early works to 1800
• Sin--Hinduism--Early works to 1800

Genres

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

Licenses

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