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Plate MS · MRTIManusmritiమనుస్మృతి

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-manusmrti

Manuscript · birch bark

Provisional

మనుస్మృతి

Manusmriti

Manusmṛti

2684 folios
0% transcribed

Held at BORI

Provenance ledger

10 entries

  1. Dating-200–200 CE · range certaintymanuscriptal
  2. Held atBhandarkar Oriental Research Institute · Pune, Indiaverified evidence
  3. Materialbirch bark · Deva scriptverified evidence
  4. Catalogue IDdharmashastra · BORIverified evidence
  5. ReferenceGRETIL — Manusmriti (Olivelle edition)manuscriptal
  6. Dynastic patronizedGurjara-Pratiharascholarly interpretation
  7. Dynastic patronizedShungascholarly interpretation
  8. Dynastic patronizedGuptascholarly interpretation
  9. Dynastic patronizedMauryascholarly interpretation
  10. Dynastic patronizedChahamana (Chauhan)scholarly interpretation

IPreservation outlook

Conservation triage · ADR-0053
85 / 100Critical
  • Climate+30
  • Material+30
  • Custody+5
  • Digitisation+20

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IICite this manuscript

"మనుస్మృతి" (tel/Telu, -200–200 CE). Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, ms. dharmashastra. Vamshanidhi URN: urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-manusmrti.

"మనుస్మృతి" (tel/Telu, -200–200 CE). Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, ms. dharmashastra. Vamshanidhi URN: urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-manusmrti.

IVDynastic attestations

VTitle in other scripts

  • tel · Teluమనుస్మృతి
  • tam · Tamlமனுஸ்மிருதி
  • kan · Kndaಮನುಸ್ಮೃತಿ
  • eng · LatnManusmriti· also Manava Dharmashastra, Laws of Manu
  • san · LatnManusmṛti
  • mal · Mlymമനുസ്മൃതി
  • hin · Devaमनुस्मृति· also मानव धर्मशास्त्र
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