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Title

Dharmasindhu.
धर्मसिन्धु

Authors

• Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya, -1805

Other related names

• Bāladīkṣitadeva (Son of Anantadeva), scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1595
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967593933503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927444673
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6759393

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is the second section (pariccheda) of a larger work on matters pertaining to Hindu religious laws and customs (dharma) and is a compendium of various rules and guidelines governing different Hindu rituals, practices, prayers, and observances (vratas); contains descriptions of systems of time and describes the best times of year to perform various rituals, such as the worship (pūjā) associated with specific deities.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. i recto)
   
• Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
   
• 63 leaves foliated [i], 1-62, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line through the first part of the manuscript. Decorative border on cover (f. i recto).
   
• Manuscript was originally part of a larger manuscript that included Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1596.
   
• Scribe is Bāladīkṣitadeva, son of Anantadeva, based on Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1596 (f. 29r).
   
• Dated śaka 1780 (1858) based on Ms. Coll, 390, Item 1596 (f. 29r).
   

Extent

1 item (63 leaves) : 12 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Dharma
• Hindu law

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Drawings (visual works)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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