Prāyaścittapaddhati, circa 1650-1799
प्रायश्चित्तपद्धति, १६५०-१८००
- Description
- Manuscript is a kind of guide or manual to be used by a priest for consultation during the performance of rites and rituals of atonement as well as for taking on observances (vratagrahaṇa).
- Creator
- Darmeśvara (Son of Harihara)
- Nārāyaṇa (Son of Nīlakaṇṭha) (scribe)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1650
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Vratas
- Atonement (Hinduism)
- Rites and ceremonies
- Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800
- Atonement (Hinduism) -- Early works to 1800
- Vratas -- Early works to 1800
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 23 cm
- Notes
- Scribe is Nārāyaṇa, son of Nīlakaṇṭha, who lived in Vārāṇasī.
- Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title, Prāyaścittagrahaṇaprakāra, from incipit.
- Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
- 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti prāyaścittayapaddhati[r yājn̄ikavaryavādivṛṃdavaṃditapādayugalahariharasuta]dharmeśvarakṛtāsamāptimagāt // śrīrstū // kāśyāṃ nīlakaṃṭhasūnunā nārāyaṇena // lekhakapāṭhakayoḥ śivam astu // maṅgalam (f. 5v).
- 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 double black line.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 190
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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