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Title

Kāśīprakaraṇa
काशीप्रकरण

Authors

• Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, active 16th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 281
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959063053503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/828102761
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5906305

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a compendium and guide used for consultation by those wanting to learn the benefits (such as liberation at death) of visiting the pilgrimage center of Kāśī, and the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) that govern such visits. Text is part of a larger work called the "Bridge to the three holy cities" (Tristhalīsetu), which deals with three major pilgrimage centers in India: Kāśī (Varāṇasī), Prayāga (Allahabad), and Gayā.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 146v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 146 leaves foliated 1-76, 78-147, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1914 (1857) (f. 147v); literally written as 19 104 78, but is likely 1914 as determined from Ms. Coll. 390, Item 280, its companion manuscript.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.
   
• Belonged to a single manuscript along with Ms. Coll 390, Item 278, Item 279, and Item 280.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (146 leaves) : 14 x 37 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadvidvanmukuṭamāṇikyādākṣiṇātmālaṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūnunārāyaṇābhaṭṭaviracite tristhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇaṃ ataḥ paraṃgayāprakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati // śubham astu saṃvat 19 104 78 caitrakṛṣṇacaturthyāmṃ caṃdravāserelīkhītaṃ samāptaṃ śrīgaṃgādevyai namaḥ (f. 147v).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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