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Smṛtikaustubha, circa 1700-1850.
स्मृतिकौस्तुभ
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Anantadeva, active 17th century.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Dharma.
- Hindu law.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Fasting.
- Hindu astrology.
- Widows (Hindu law).
- Vratas.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (332 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1622
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Collection of Hindu laws, rules, and procedures for various beliefs, ideas, and practices that include astrology, marriage, food, fasting, observances (vratas), and widowhood.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 332v).
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 332 leaves foliated 1-332, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti darśaprayogaḥ iti śrīmadanaṃtadevasutāyādevatanayenānaṃtadevena viracite smṛtikaustubhe saṃskāradīdhitiḥ samāptimagamat śubham astu (f. 332v).
- Mistakes 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 2821 (UP 1622).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1622.
- OCLC:
- 929184566
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