Sthālīpāka, circa 1700-1850; स्थालीपाक,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of guide or manual to be used by a priest or householder making offerings of rice or barley as part of a Vedic fire sacrifice.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Sacrifice -- Hinduism; Rice -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 12 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from back title page (f. 12v).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-11, [12], upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts