Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1277: Cāturmāsprāyaṣcitta University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1277: Cāturmāsprāyaṣcitta 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. 57r); alternate title Prāyaścittapradīpa from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Darśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta supplied by cataloger. Date śaka 1655 (1733) (f. 57r). Scribe is Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa, son of Rāma Bhaṭṭa (f. 57r). Written in 11-14 lines per leaf. 57 leaves foliated 1-57, 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 red line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1277 9963758293503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905606028 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6375829 Manuscript employed as a manual for priests in a private or public setting for consultation during rites and ceremonies performed during full and new moon sacrifices. Text outlines procedures (religious law) for the proper performance of atonement rites and may be linked to the performance of rites at the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year In Sanskrit Cāturmāsprāyaṣcitta दर्शपूर्णमासप्रायश्चित्त Baudhāyana scribe Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa (Son of Rāma Bhaṭṭa) Colophon: iti cāturmāsprāyaṣcittaṃ // (f. 57r).

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 1 item (57 leaves) : 11 x 27 cm Purity, Ritual--Hinduism--Early works to 1800 Dharma--Early works to 1800 Hindu law--Early works to 1800 Ancestor worship--Hinduism--Early works to 1800 Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduisum--Early works to 1800 Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--18th century