Mānavadharmaśāstra. Adhyāya 1-12, circa 1700-1850
मानवधर्मशास्त्र. अध्याय १-१२, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is a copy of a 1st-century work on Hindu law (dharma), rites, customs, and religious life of that period. Kullūkabhaṭṭa's commentary Manvarthamuktāvalī runs parallel above and below the root text.
Alternate Title
Mānusmṛti
Creator
Manu (Lawgiver)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
commentaries
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Dharma
Hindu law
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (241 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 34 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 241r); alternate title Mānusmṛti, supplied by cataloger; title of commentary Manvarthamuktāvalī from colophon (f. 241r).
Paper cover with unrelated text used to support the manuscript.
Written in 11-18 lines per leaf.
241 leaves foliated 1-241, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti mātave dharmaśāstre bhṛguproktāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ 12 (f. 241r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse numbers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related Work: Kullūkabhaṭṭa. Manvarthamuktāvalī.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3cf9j77f
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1666
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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