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Śrāddhāsaṃkalpa, circa 1700-1850.
श्राद्धासंकल्प

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Format:
Manuscript
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--India.
Genre:
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 295
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a short manual for use by priests or senior householders and outlines some of the rules, regulations, and procedures (Hindu law, Dharma) governing the observance and performance of funeral rites.
Notes:
Title from margin (f. 1v).
Written in 20 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Mistakes blacked out; some additions in margins. Manuscript treated with yellow turmeric powder.
Cited in:
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3306 (UP 295).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 295
OCLC:
830001343

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