Śrāddhasaṃkalpa, circa 1700-1850; श्राद्धसंकल्प,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual and treatise (containing laws, dharma) for consultation by those undertaking and performing funeral rites, including recitation of Vedic mantras. Lacks end.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Funeral rites and ceremonies; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India; Dharma; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line. Metrical accents in red in parts of the text containing Vedic verses.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts