Paśusūtra, circa 1700-1850
पशुसूत्र, १७००-१८५०

Description
Ritual manual, including rules, laws, and dharma, for use by priests engaged in the sacrifice of domestic animals.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Animal sacrifice
Animal sacrifice -- India
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts
Hinduism -- Rituals
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Hindu law
Dharma
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Notes
Title from note on title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1318
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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