Brahmakūrca, circa 1700-1850; ब्रह्मकूर्च, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual outlining the rules, laws, and regulations around rites of penance that employ the five products and by-products of the cow (milk, manure, and urine, as well as curd and ghee).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti brahmakucaṃ samāptaḥ // (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1345

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts