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Title

Mānavadharmaśāstra.
मानवधर्मशास्त्र

Authors

• Manu (Lawgiver)

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1645
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968104973503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/931706083
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6810497

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a copy of a 1st-century work on Hindu law (dharma), rites, customs, and religious life of that period.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 160v-161r); alternate title Manusmṛti from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8 lines per leaf.
   
• 161 leaves foliated 1-160, [161], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers or phrases highlighted in red.
   

Extent

1 item (161 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti mānave dharmaśāstrebhṛguprokte dvādaśodhyāyaḥ // 12 // śubham astu sarva jagatām (f. 160v).

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--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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