Śūdrāhnika, circa 1700-1850; शूद्राह्निक,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook about the rules that regulate the dharma of and daily rites and ceremonies to be performed by low-caste workers (śūdras).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Shudras; Caste -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 12 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).; Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 2-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śudradharmatatve śūdrāhnikaṃ (f. 8r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers and colophon in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 269

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts