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Title

Viśvādarśa
विश्वादर्श

Authors

• Kavikānta Sarasvatī

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1632
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967810513503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929990371
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6781051

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Compendium of śāstra literature (Hindu law, dharma) with a prose commentary, most likely by the author, running horizontally above and below the root text. A treatise or manual on different kinds of religious practices, rites, and more.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 7-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 95 leaves foliated 1-95, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple red line.
   

Extent

1 item (95 leaves) : 14 x 29 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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