Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya, 16th cent.

Śuddhitattva, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (76 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 43 cm.

Manuscript is used by priests or householders for consultation about the rules and regulations (Hindu law, Dharma) governing rites of purification and includes a section on widow burning (sātī). Part of a larger work on Dharma called the Smṛtitattva.

Title from marginal note (f. 1r).

Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.

76 leaves foliated 1-68, 67-74, upper left and lower right verso.

Written in brown ink; mistakes crossed out; some corrections and additions in margins in blue ink and pencil.

Most of the manuscript is European stock of paper with watermarks. Written with two or three different scribal hands.

Formerly housed with Item 305.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 306

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 306

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

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