Asthiśuddhi, circa 1700-1850; अस्थिशुद्धि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual and related rules and laws (dharma) associated with rites and ceremonies for purifying bones of deceased.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Dead -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti asthi uddharaṇatīrthaprakṣepaṇāṃto viddhiḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1391

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts