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

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