Amāvāsyādarśaśrāddha, circa 1700-1850
अमावास्यादर्शश्राद्ध, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manual and associated rules and laws (dharma) for the performance of death rites during the first day of the new moon cycle.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies
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 (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm
Notes
Title from the opening text of the manuscript (f. 1r, line 7).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34x54g87
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1445
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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