Saṃkṣepata śrāddhapaddhati, circa 1700-1850; संक्षेपतश्राद्धपद्धति,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita

Date:

1700

Description:

Condensed or precise manual on the correct procedures, laws, and duties (dharma) for performing funeral rites.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti bhaṭṭojīdIkṣitakṛte saṃkṣepataḥ śrāddhapaddhatiḥ // śrīgajānanaprasna // (f. 6v).; 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 black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts