Śrāddhakalpa, circa 1800-1850. = श्राद्धकल्प, १८००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1800-1850.
१८००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 169
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3236x - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu priests. - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a kind of guide for choosing appropriate priests for presiding over funeral ceremonies.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 9r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrāddhakalpanāsamāptā taiṣemāseśūklapakṣepaurṇamādine samāptājātā // idaṃ pustakaṃ kāśināthaśāhāstrinenety upanāmakasya vatarte (f. 9r).
Scribe is Kāśināthaśāhāstrina (f. 9r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
European stock of paper with watermarks having "Ben[i]to Picardo" on several folios, likely from the early 19th century.
Non-Latin script record. - 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 3293 (UP 169).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 169
- Contributor:
- Kāśināthaśāhāstrina, scribe.
- OCLC:
- 819532572