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Aurdhvadehikapaddhati, 1634.
और्ध्वदेहिकपद्धति

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 775
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa (Son of Bhaṭarāmeśvara)
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Rites and ceremonies--India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Dharma.
Hindu law.
Genre:
manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (37 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 775
Place of Publication:
1634.
१६३४.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Biography/History:
Son of Bhaṭarāmeśvara (f. 36v)
Summary:
Manuscript is to be used for consultation and is a kind of guide book to aid a priest in the performance of rites and regulations of Hindu law related to funerals and honoring the dead.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 36v).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
37 leaves foliated 1-35, 35-36, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaṭarāmeśvarasūnubhaṭṭanārāyaṇaviracitāyām aurdhvadehikapaddhatau paṃcakādimaraṇavidhānāni // (f. 36v).
Dated saṃvat 1692 (1634) (f. 36v).
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 black line.
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 3007 (UP 775).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 775
OCLC:
880982617

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