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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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