Śrāddhasaṃkalpavidhi, 1798
श्राद्धसंकल्पविधि, १७९८

Description
Manuscript is a kind of instructional guide used by priests or family members for the performance of rites and ceremonies dedicated to deceased ancestors.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1798
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Ancestor worship -- Hinduism
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm
Notes
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, 11, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated ś\ake 1720 (1798) (f. 11v).
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.
Non-Latin script record.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3gh9b871
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 134
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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