Tīrthaśrādhavidhi, circa 1700-1850; तीर्थश्राधविधि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of guide or handbook outlining rules for priests or senior family members to consult while performing funeral or ceremonial rites for ancestors at pilgrimage centers (tīrtha).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 12 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger (f. 1v); alternate title Tīrthaśrādha from colophon.; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: [iti] tīrthaśrādhaṃ sampūrṇam // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; 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