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Piṇḍapradāna, circa 1700-1850.
पिण्डप्रदान
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2774
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Ancestor worship--Hinduism.
- Ancestor worship.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu law.
- Dharma.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 14 x 31 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2774
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Dharmaśāstra text (Hindu law, dharma) on offering of rice, especially during ancestor worship. Manuscript was folded into quarters for ease of carrying, likely for use by a priest or family member while performing the rites.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 34v).
- Written in 14 lines per leaf.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red 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 3125 (UP 2774).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2774.
- OCLC:
- 974913853
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