Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1115: Yatidharmaprakāśa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1115: Yatidharmaprakāśa are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 70r). Written in 11 lines per leaf. 70 leaves foliated 1-70, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Watermarks bearing the crest of Britannia. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1115 9963335213503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900198177 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6333521 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and reference and is a kind of Hindu rule or law code (dharma) and treatise, outlining the rules and regulations for the procedures and practices of becoming an ascetic or renunciant (yati). Manuscript has a praise mantra dedicated to the Narmadā River at the end of the manuscript (f. 70r). In Sanskrit Yatidharmaprakāśa यतिधर्मप्रकाश Vāsudevāśrama Colophon: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīrāmakṛṣṇāśramapūjyapādaśiṣyavāsudevāśrameṇa muninā viracito 'yaṃ yatidharmaprakāśaḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 70r).

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 1 item (70 leaves) : 11 x 20 cm Asceticism--Hinduism Dharma Hindu law Rites and ceremonies--India Treatises Manuals (instructional materials) Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century