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. The last part of the text is taken from the Vrata-khaṇḍa of the Vāmanapurāṇa. This ritual manual describes the Purāṇic Cāturmāsya rituals, which differ slightly from the Vedic Cāturmāsya. This manuscript is the same as item 1586. (Written in 8–9 lines per leaf.; 22 leaves foliated 1–22, 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; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks that include a coat of arms and the name Gior Magnani.)