Āśaucanirṇaya, circa 1700-1850
आशौचनिर्णय, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is a kind of manual or treatise used for consultation and is a text on the rules (religious laws, Dharma) governing the removal of impurities, especially those related to pregnancy.
Creator
Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita (attributed name)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Pregnancy -- Religious aspects
Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism
Hindu women
Dharma
Hindu law
Sanskrit language -- Grammar
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 20 cm
Notes
17th-century Sanskrit grammarian and commentator who lived in Maharashtra.
Title from colophon (f. 7v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti padavā [???] pramāṇajñaśrīlakṣīdhareṃ sūreḥ sūnunā bhaṭojidīkṣitena racita āśaucanirṇayaḥ samāptaḥ // saṃkhyā // 120 // śrīrāmarāmarāmarāmarāmarāmarāmarāmarāmarāma (f. 7v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line. Foliation written in pencil in Western script.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3319s589
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 287
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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