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Title

Dharmaśāstrasaṃgraha
धर्मशास्त्रसंग्रह

Other related names

• Chiban Bhaṭ Vyāsa, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 272
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958977003503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/826712314
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5897700

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a kind of compendium and manual containing rules and laws governing the performance of various rites, such as funeral rites. Contains excerpts from various purāṇic and śāstric works such as the Śiva Purāṇa.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 54r).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 55 leaves foliated 1-55, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1902 and śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 54r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   
• Scribe is Chiban Bhaṭ Vyāsa (f. 55v).
   

Extent

1 item (55 leaves) : 10 x 23 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīdharmasaṃgrahe vahagraṃthātara saṃmahainakārikāsamāptaṃ // 1// śrubhaṃ bhavatu // saṃvat 19[0]2 śake 1766 // mitijyaṣṭaśra 7 guruvāsa[?]vyāsena likhitaṃ / (f. 54r).

Subjects topical

• Hindu law
• Dharma
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Funeral rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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