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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
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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