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Maraṇavidhi, circa 1700-1850. = मरणविधि, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 27 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 174
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Subjects:
Hindu women.
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Sati.
Widows (Hindu law).
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook to be used by priests, which outlines the rules and regulations (religious law) for a variety of different rites connected with death and dying, including the death of a pregnant woman and rites prescribed for a widow wishing to burn herself alive on a funeral pyre (sahagamanavidhi).
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left verso.
Colophon: iti garbhiṇayādi maraṇavidhi (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Formerly housed with item 173 and item 175.
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 3018 (UP 174).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 174
OCLC:
819568506