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Title

Śaunakagrantha
शौनकग्रन्थ

Authors

• Śaunaka

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1668
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968316393503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/933743998
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6831639

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Collection of various works on ancient Hindu laws (dharma), rites and customs, possibly attributed to the ancient sage Śaunaka (f. 178r) as well as other writers.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 178r); alternate title Śaunakasmṛti supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 19 lines per leaf.
   
• 179 leaves foliated 1-177, [178], [i], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated after 1838, based on watermark.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Watermarks of the date 1838, the initials W.S., and a coat of arms of Britannia.
   
• A single wooden board supports the manuscript.
   

Extent

1 item (179 leaves) : 21 x 35 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śaunakīyenārāyaṇabalividhiḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīdurgādevyainamaḥ // śaunakagraṃthasaṃkhyā 3878 śrībhavānīśaṃkaravyāgreśvarayogirIīevyai prasannostu // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // (f. 178r).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Treatises
• Watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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