Vaṭodyāpanaprayoga, 1794
वटोद्यापनप्रयोग, १७९४
- Description
- Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for performing rites constructing banks of earth around a banyan or vaṭa tree (Ficus benghalensis) at the end of a larger observance of rites.
- Creator
- Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa Dāḍekara (scribe)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1794
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Dharma
- Rites and ceremonies
- Tree worship
- Banyan tree -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
- Banyan tree -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
- Tree worship -- India -- Early works to 1800
- Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts -- Early works to 1800
- Hinduism -- Rituals
- Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800
- Hindu law -- Early works to 1800
- Hindu law
- Dharma -- Early works to 1800
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 9r).
- Scribe is Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa Dāḍekara (f. 20r).
- Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
- 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti vaṭodyāpanaprayogaḥ // (f. 9r).
- Dated śaka 1716 (1794) (f. 9v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Partial watermark of a commercial design that looks like the crest or base of a coat of arms with the initials A and G.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3bh21
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1402
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
The Penn Libraries is committed to producing, preserving, and providing access to knowledge. We make materials accessible to improve information equity and enhance teaching, research, and learning. Some materials may be considered offensive and do not represent opinions, values, positions or norms that are held by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Where possible, we strive to present these materials within the historical or cultural context they were created by providing descriptive information.