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Title

Kāśīprakaraṇa
काशीप्रकरण

Authors

• Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 303
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959187173503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/830005621
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5918717

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 (Vārāṇasī), 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. 135v).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 134 leaves foliated 1-18, 20-135, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• 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 (134 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadviddhanmukuṭamāṇiyādakṣiṇātmālāṃkāraśrīmadbhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūjunārāyaṇābhadaviracite tristhalīsetau kāśīprakaraṇe tanmaraṇānmuktivicāraḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ kāśīprakaraṇa[ṃ] ataḥ paragaṃyāprakaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati // śubham astu // (f. 135).

Subjects topical

• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• 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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