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Title

ViṣṇusmṛtiṭIkā
विष्णुस्मृतिटीका

Authors

• Nandapaṇḍita, active 1580-1630

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1650
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968108233503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/931726742
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6810823

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a commentary (ṭīkā) on the Viṣṇusmṛti, a work on Hindu law (dharma), rites, and customs.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 178r).
   
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
   
• 178 leaves foliated 1-178, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1762 (1840) (f. 178r).
   
• Manuscript is written on blue paper made in Europe with watermarks of E. F., possibly other initials, and G. Caprony.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

Extent

1 item (178 leaves) : 13 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīdharmādhikārīrāmapaṃḍitātmajanaṃdapaṃḍitakṛtau viṣṇusmṛtivivṛtau śrīmatpāṃvaujayaṃtyāṃśatatamodhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 178r).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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