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Mahiṣīdānaprayoga, circa 1700-1850. = महिषीदानप्रयोग, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2729
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Subjects:
Dharma.
Hindu law.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Water buffalo -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manual of Hindu laws (dharma), rites, and ceremonies surrounding gift giving, especially the gift of a female water buffalo (mahiṣī).
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-4, [5-6], upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and significant additions in margins.
Watermarks of a sun with the initials S, A, D, and P inside; there is also a name that begins with Poller or Toller.
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 3127 (UP 2729).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2729.
OCLC:
974381467