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Tīrthaśrādhavidhi, circa 1700-1850. = तीर्थश्राधविधि, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 27 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 184
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Other Title:
Tīrthaśrādha.
Subjects:
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Ancestor worship -- Hinduism.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a kind of guide or handbook outlining rules for priests or senior family members to consult while performing funeral or ceremonial rites for ancestors at pilgrimage centers (tīrtha).
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger (f. 1v); alternate title Tīrthaśrādha from colophon.
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: [iti] tīrthaśrādhaṃ sampūrṇam // (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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 3269 (UP 184).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 184
OCLC:
820002330