Prāyaścittamañjarī, circa 1700-1850
प्रायश्चित्तमञ्जरी, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is a Hindu law (dharma) treatise, employed as a manual for consultation, illuminating rites of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals associated with them such as different kinds of penances (for example, brahmakūrca, sāṃtapana, prājāpatya, and many more).
Creator
Bāpūbhaṭṭa
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Dharma
Hindu law
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Atonement (Hinduism)
Sin -- Hinduism
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (92 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 75v-76r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
92 leaves foliated 1-16, 1-76, upper left and lower right verso.
Table of contents: Table of contents (Part 1, f. 1-16) -- Prāyaścittamañjarī (Part 2, f. 1-76).
Colophon: iti śrīmaccitayāvanekelakaropabhidhamahādevātmajabāpūbhaṭṭaviracitā prāyaścitamaṃjarī samāptā // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // śrīviśveśvarārpaṇamastu // śubhaṃbhavat // (f. 75v-76r).
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 quadruple red line.
Single wooden board with beveled edges and carved border to support the manuscript.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3r20rw46
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1621
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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