University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1624

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS8829

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1624

Title:

Puruṣārthacintāmaṇi / पुरुषार्थचिन्तामणि

Puruṣārthacintāmaṇi

Author:

Āṭhavale, Viṣṇubhaṭṭa

Viṣṇubhaṭṭa Āṭhavale WIKIDATA

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 31 cm

Note:

Title from note in margin (f. 1r).
Written in 9-14 lines per leaf.
Manuscript is a collection of Hindu laws (dharma) for performing observances (vratas), and other rites and ceremonies in accordance with the astrological calendar.
28 leaves foliated 1-28, lower right verso every second folio.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Watermarks of a standing lion and a horse standing with a harness and the letter M.
A single wooden board with the dimensions 15 x 29 cm likely did not originally come with the manuscript as it is much higher and slightly narrower.

Keyword:

watermarks

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts

Texts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu astrology

Hinduism--Rituals

Vratas

Rites and ceremonies

India

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9968601313503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3937g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania