Kṛtyatattva, circa 1700-1850
কৃত্যতত্ত্ৱ, ১৭০০-১৮৫০
- Description
- Manuscript is a treatise used for consultation by priests discussing the true nature of duty (Hindu law, Dharma) and contains different examples of daily rites to be performed by Hindus, including an emphasis on śrāddha rites (funeral rites). Manuscript includes some Vedic and non-Vedic rites as well as some devotional material (pūja).
- Creator
- Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya, active 16th century
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Dharma
- Hindu law
- Rites and ceremonies -- India
- Rites and ceremonies
- Puja (Hinduism)
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (29 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 39 cm
- Notes
- Son of Harihara Bhaṭṭācārya (f. 34v).
- Title from colophon (f. 34v).
- Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
- 29 leaves foliated 6-34, middle right verso.
- Colophon: iti vandya [???] śrīhariharabhaṭṭācāryātmaja śrīraghūnandanabhaṭṭācāryaviracitaṃ kṛtyatattvaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 34).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- In Sanskrit (Bengali)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zk0j
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 309
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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