Small manuscript to be employed in private or public recitation or prayer praising and eulogizing ancestors (pitṛ). Related to the age of the thirteenth cosmic man named Raucya Manu (f. 10r).
Title from colophon (f. 10r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe raucyamanvaṃtare pitṛstavaṃ samāptaṃ // śake 1778 // prabhavanāmasaṃvatsare jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇa 8 samāptaṃ (f. 10r).; Dated śake 1778 prabhavanāmasaṃvatsare jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇa 8 (Thursday, June 26, 1856) (f. 10r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. First (f. 1) and last (f. 10) are double folia, but treated as single folium by the scribe.; Blue, European stock of paper with a variety of watermarks including a crest with the goddess Victory bearing a crown, spear, and shield; another watermark bearing the words "Moinier's Fine 1853."; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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