Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Bāpūbhaṭṭa.

Prāyaścittamañjarī, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (92 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm.

Manuscript is a Hindu law (dharma) treatise, employed as a manual for consultation, illuminating rites of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals associated with them such as different kinds of penances (for example, brahmakūrca, sāṃtapana, prājāpatya, and many more).

Title from colophon (f. 75v-76r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

92 leaves foliated 1-16, 1-76, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmaccitayāvanekelakaropabhidhamahādevātmajabāpūbhaṭṭaviracitā prāyaścitamaṃjarī samāptā // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // śrīviśveśvarārpaṇamastu // śubhaṃbhavat // (f. 75v-76r).

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 quadruple red line.

Single wooden board with beveled edges and carved border to support the manuscript.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1621.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1621

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

प्रायश्चित्तमञ्जरी, १७००-१८५०.