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A Dharmaśāstra text explains various dāna (donative) rituals along with their purposes and benefits. The text quotes many Purāṇas and Dharmaśāstra texts. The author of the text was Divākara Bhaṭṭa Kāḷe, son of Mahādeva, and the grandson (daughter’s son) of the famous Dharmaśāstra scholar Rāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭa (Kane, History of Dharmaśāstra, Vol. I, p. 703). (Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 103 leaves foliated 1–103, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Contains a nine-sectioned chart of various deities such as the four-armed Viṣṇu or Śiva (the lord of Umā) as well as different Vedic gods (f. 73b); also contains a diagram of concentric circles containing incremental numbers (f. 94b).)
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