Dānamayūkha

A chapter from the Bhagavantabhāskara (or Smṛtibhāskara), a dharmaśāstra text by Nīlakaṇṭha Bhaṭṭa (c. 1610–1645), son of Mīmāṃsā scholar Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa, grandson of Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, and cousin of Kamalākara Bhaṭṭa. It was composed for his patron Bhagavanta Rāja in 12 chapters (mayūkhas). The colophon refers to Dānamayūkha as the sixth chapter; Kane gives it as the seventh. It deals with different types of donations and their significance in Hindu rituals. The manuscript contains incomplete sections of the Dānaparibhāṣāprayoga and the Ṣoḍaśamahādāna. (Written in 9–12 lines per leaf.; 33 leaves foliated 1–33, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.)