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Title

Śāntisāra
शान्तिसार

Authors

• Dinakarabhaṭṭa, fl. 1575-1640

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 298
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959184833503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/830003303
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5918483

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a kind of manual of or treatise on proprietary sacrifices and contains the rules and regulations (Hindu laws, Dharma) governing rites to be performed by a priest or senior household member. Helps to rid the home of sickness and bad omens through the propitiation of various Hindu deities.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śāntiprayoga from internal colophon (f. 77r).
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 101 leaves foliated 38-72, 75-79, 82-103, 108-130, 132-138, 147, 161-164, 166-169, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: iti nārāyaṇabhaṭṭasutamadrāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭasutadinakarabhaṭṭakṛto jyeṣṭāśāṃtiprayogaḥ // (f. 77r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

1 item (101 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Purity, Ritual--Hinduism
• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Omens--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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