Details

Other Title:

Antyeṣṭi.

Subjects:

Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Dharma.
Hindu law.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Biography/History:

Son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa (f 1v).

Summary:

First section of a manual on funeral rites still employed by Brahman priests; statement of gifts (dāna) given to officiating Brahmans for various services.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Antyeṣṭi from title page.
Written 8 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
Explicit: ratnāni / ratnāni sarvadevānām bhuṣanāni parāṇica / tasmād lapradānena ataḥ (f. 14).
Mistakes blacked out; significant words and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with triple red line.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3008 (UP 2725).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2725

OCLC:

400009383