Piṇḍapitṛyajñaprayoga, circa 1700-1850.
पिण्डपितृयज्ञप्रयोग

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Ancestor worship.

India.

Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism--India.

Death.

Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Ancestor worship--India.

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Genre:

Texts.

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1384

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual and associated rules and laws (dharma) for use by a priest or family member making offerings of rice balls (piṇḍa) to deceased ancestors.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

Colophon: iti piṃḍapitṛyajñaprayogaḥ // (f. 7v).

7 leaves foliated 1-7, 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; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Partial watermark, possibly part of a coat of arms that looks like a wing.

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 3281 (UP 1384).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1384.

OCLC:

910183410