Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Rāmacandrabhaṭṭa.

Kṛtyaratnāvalī, circa 1650-1800.

1 item (61 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Son of Viṭhalabhaṭṭa and grand son of Bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭ (f. 61v).

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a collection of rules and regulations (Hindu law) drawn from a variety of Hindu epic and purāṇic sources and compiled together by the other; covers a range of different topics such as auspicious days of the Hindu calendar, the specific days to perform fasting, and various other rites and ceremonies.

Hindu law.

Fasting - Religious aspects - Hinduism.

Rites and ceremonies - India.

Hindu astrology.

Treatises.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 17th century.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.

Manuscripts - India - 17th century.

Manuscripts - India - 18th century.

Title from colophon (f. 61v).

Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.

61 leaves foliated 1-61, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇābhita tatsadupākhya bālakṛṣṇabhaṭṭāṃgajaviṭhalabhaṭṭavidhabudhavarasūnudharmaśāstrapārāvārīṇa-śrīmadrāmacandrabhaṭṭaviracitā kṛtyaratnāvalī saṃpūrṇā // śubhaṃ bhūyāt (f. 61v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 2943 (UP 585).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 585

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 585

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

कृत्यरत्नावली, १६५०-१८००.