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Ṛtuśānti, circa 1700-1850. = ऋतुशान्ति, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Baudhāyana.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1334
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Child marriage.
India.
Menstruation -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Child marriage -- India.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Ritual manual for use by husbands whose (presumably child) bride is experiencing menstruation for the first time.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti baudhāyanokta ṛtuśāṃtiḥ // idaṃ pustakaṃ āgāśopākhyagaṇeśena likhitaṃ // (f. 8v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Watermarks of a crest with a crown.
Scribe is Āgāśopākhyagaṇeśa (f. 8v).
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 224 (UP 1334).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1334.
Contributor:
Āgāśopākhyagaṇeśa, scribe.
OCLC:
908392319