Aurdhvadehikapaddhati, 1634
और्ध्वदेहिकपद्धति, १६३४

Description
Manuscript is to be used for consultation and is a kind of guide book to aid a priest in the performance of rites and regulations of Hindu law related to funerals and honoring the dead.
Creator
Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa (Son of Bhaṭarāmeśvara)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1634
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Death -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Dharma
Hindu law
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (37 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Notes
Son of Bhaṭarāmeśvara (f. 36v)
Title from colophon (f. 36v).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
37 leaves foliated 1-35, 35-36, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaṭarāmeśvarasūnubhaṭṭanārāyaṇaviracitāyām aurdhvadehikapaddhatau paṃcakādimaraṇavidhānāni // (f. 36v).
Dated saṃvat 1692 (1634) (f. 36v).
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 black line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3x84n
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 775
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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