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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