Nārāyaṇabaliprayoga, circa 1700-1850
नारायणबलिप्रयोग, १७००-१८५०

Description
Text in the genre of dharmaśāstra. Manuscript is a manual on rites and rituals for ascetics (renunciants) and especially the worship of Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu. From a larger treatise, Yatisaṃskāra, on ascetic practice and laws governing them.
Alternate Title
Pratāpanārasiṃha
Yatisaṃskāra
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Ascetics
Hinduism
Dharma
Hindu law
Ascetics -- Hinduism
Narayana (Hindu deity)
Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 23 cm
Notes
Title from incipit (f. 16r); alternate title Pratāpanārasiṃha supplied by cataloger; alternate title Yatisaṃskāra from marginal abbreviation.
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 16-20, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, words, and phrases highlighted in red.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32f7jv12
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2723
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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