Śrāddhacandrikānukramaṇikā, circa 1700-1850; श्राद्धचन्द्रिकानुक्रमणिका,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Vaidyanātha (Son of Divākara)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation by priests and senior household members and is a collection of rules and regulations (Hindu laws, dharma) governing observance of twelve days of funeral rites (śrāddha).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (138 leaves) : paper; 12 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 37v-38r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 139 leaves foliated [i], 1-138, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīdivākarātmajavaijanāthaviracitāśrāddhacaṃdrikānukramaṇikāsamāptā // śubham astu // śrīrastu // vācitāvijayībha- (f. 137v-138r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical.; Contents are on a bifolium at beginning of manuscripts with three columns marks with four double black lines (f. i).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 261

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts