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Āśvalāyanadharmaśāstra, circa 1700-1850.
आश्वलायनधर्मशास्त्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1582
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Āśvalāyana.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--India.
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Dharma.
- Hindu law.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (52 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1582
- Other Title:
- Āśvalāyanasmṛti
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a Hindu law code for performing various kinds of ancient rites and ceremonies and is especially focused on the performing of Vedic funeral rites (śrāddha) from the traditional school (śākhā) associated with Āśvalāyana.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 51r); alternate title Āśvalāyanasmṛti from colophon (f. 51r).
- Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
- 53 leaves foliated 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: ity āśvalāyanadharmaśāstre śrāddhopayogīprakarayāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // ity āśvilāyanasmṛtiḥ samāptiḥ jñātaḥ // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 51r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in yellow at beginning of manuscript; vertical margins marked with double red line and single yellow 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 2827 (UP 1582).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1582.
- OCLC:
- 927414319
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