Ratnatulāmahādānaprayoga, circa 1700-1850
रत्नतुलामहादानप्रयोग, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is a manual for consultation by Hindu priests or other relevant party. Text sets out rules of conduct or religious laws governing offerings supposed to be equal (tulā) to someone's weight in gems or jewels for the purpose of expiating sins. Text is taken from a larger work called the Mahādānaprayoga, which outlines rules for similar kinds of rites of expiation and offerings of similar great gifts (mahādāna).
Creator
Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Gems -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Hindu law
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm
Notes
Son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa
Title from colophon (f. 7r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaṭṭarāmeśvarasūrisūnunārāyaṇabhaṭṭakṛtamahādānaprayogaratnatulāmahādānaprayogaḥ // 100 // śrīviśveśvarāya namaḥ // (f. 7r).
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.
Non-Latin script record.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3v86s
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 154
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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