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Paśusūtra, circa 1700-1850.
पशुसूत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1318
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Animal sacrifice.
- India.
- Animal sacrifice--India.
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Hindu law.
- Dharma.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1318
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Ritual manual, including rules, laws, and dharma, for use by priests engaged in the sacrifice of domestic animals.
- Notes:
- Title from note on title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
- 12 leaves foliated 1-12, 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.
- 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 3389 (UP 1318).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1318.
- OCLC:
- 908391869
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