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Title

Dharmaśāstra.
धर्मशास्त्र

Authors

• Yājñavalkya

Other related names

• Mistrie, Sita Ram, Pandit, former owner
• Khiste, B.N, former owner
• Sastri, Buktanath, Pandit, former owner
• Bhauruji, Pandit, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1623
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967919083503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930726706
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6791908

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

First three chapters of a work on Hindu laws (dharma), customs, rites and ceremonies.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 44v).
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 45 leaves foliated 1-45, 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 throughout.
   
• Watermarks of the letters G.V. and perhaps a bull with a large hump and something attached to it, possibly a harness.
   
• Wooden board with one broken corner and writing supports manuscript.
   

Extent

1 item (44 leaves) : 11 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīyājñavalkīye dharmaśāstri tṛtīyodhyāyaḥ // (f. 44v).

Provenance

• There is reference to a Pandit Sita Ram Mistrie, B.N. Khiste, Pandit Buktanath (?) Sastri, and Pandit Bhauruji, possibly former owners, written on the board.
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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