University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1581

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DS ID:

DS8668

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1581

Title:

Dakṣasmṛti

Author:

Dakṣa

Mpu Daksa WIKIDATA

Date:

circa 1777-1784.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 15r).
Dated around śaka 1699-1706 (1777-1784) based on the dates of Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1579 (f. 1r and 38r), written by the same scribe on the same paper.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, lower right verso.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
Watermark of the initials C and B along with part of a coat of arms or related emblem across two folios (f. 9-10).
Colophon: iti dakṣasmṛti samāptā // (f. 15r).
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; decorative border drawn on front and back title pages (f. 1r and f. 15v).

Keyword:

treatises

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Food--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Mokṣa

Gifts--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Gifts--Religious aspects

Early works

Food--Religious aspects

Dharma

Vedas

Vedas--Early works to 1800

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9967588993503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p33c0q/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania