Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Garuḍapurāṇa. Selections

Other Title:

Pretakhaṇḍa. Khaṇḍa 2. Adhyāya 1-18

Subjects:

Funeral rites and ceremonies.
India.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu law.
Dharma.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Part of the final (uttara) section (khaṇḍa) of the Garuḍapurāṇa, often referred to as the Pretakalpa or Pretakhaṇḍa. Deals with funeral rites and related materials such as mythology and dharma (Hindu law).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 54v); alternate title Pretakhaṇḍa supplied by cataloger.
Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
54 leaves foliated 1-54, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīgaruḍapurāṇe preṭakalpe dvitīyakhaṃḍe viṣṇavainateyasaṃbāde preṭakalpe nāmāṣṭadaśodhyāyaḥ // 18 // (f. 54v).
Dated saṃvat 1906 (1849) (f. 54v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 1052 (UP 2554).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2554.

OCLC:

970692991