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Title

Kāśīprakaraṇa
काशीप्रकरण

Authors

• Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1618
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967808873503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929986086
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6780887

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 the pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Varāṇasī), and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, dharma) that govern such visits. Text is part of a larger work called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), which deals with three major pilgrimage centers in India: Kāśī, Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 169v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 169 leaves foliated 1-169, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Single wooden board with beveled edges for support.
   

Extent

1 item (169 leaves) : 13 x 37 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikyārdākṣarāṇyātpālāṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūnanārāyaṇābhaṭṭaviracite triṣṭhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇaṃ ataḥ paraṃgapāpraṇakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣṭhāti śubham astu // (f. 169r-169v).

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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