Manuscript is a kind of compendium and manual containing rules and laws governing the performance of various rites, such as funeral rites. Contains excerpts from various purāṇic and śāstric works such as the Śiva Purāṇa.
Title from colophon (f. 54r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 55 leaves foliated 1-55, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīdharmasaṃgrahe vahagraṃthātara saṃmahainakārikāsamāptaṃ // 1// śrubhaṃ bhavatu // saṃvat 19[0]2 śake 1766 // mitijyaṣṭaśra 7 guruvāsa[?]vyāsena likhitaṃ / (f. 54r).; Dated saṃvat 1902 and śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 54r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; Scribe is Chiban Bhaṭ Vyāsa (f. 55v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 272
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