Prasiddha, circa 1700-1850
प्रसिद्ध, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- The small single-folio manuscript had been folded into a pocket-sized text, which could be easily transported on one's person. Manuscript describes funeral rites to be performed in the city of Vārāṇasī at the Kapiladhārā pilgrimage site (tīrtha) sacred to the Hindu deity Śiva, one of the cities oldest sacred spots, mentioned as early as the Mahābhārata.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Sacred space
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India
- Śiva (Hindu deity)
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Sacred space -- India
- Death -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 18 x 28 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 1v).
- Written in 22 lines per leaf.
- 1 leaf.
- Colophon: iti śrīkāśīkhaṃḍe prasiddhasamāptaḥ // śrīśaṃkarārpaṇamastu // (f. 1v).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p35j7q
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2776
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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