Dharmatattvakalānidhi (Cāturmāsyavratanirṇaya)

A Dharmaśāstra text composed in 16 prakāśas (chapters) by the King of Bundelkhand, Pṛthvīcandra, son of Nāgamalla. The author was honorifically titled Kalikālakarṇapratāpa and Paramavaiṣṇava. He composed this text in Bundelkhand sometime after c. 1375. (Kane, 1975. p. xl). It appears that the present manuscript forms part of the Vrataprakāśa, which contains 14 ullāsas. In the colophon of the present manuscript, it is stated that this is the tenth ullāsa of the Dharmatattvakalānidhi. The manuscript itself identifies the work as a Nibandha text and cites the Mahābhārata, Skandapurāṇa, and Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa to describe the rituals of the cāturmāsyavrata. (Written in 8–9 lines per leaf.; 31 leaves foliated 1–3, 1–28, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; minor corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with triple red line.)