Cāturmāsya, circa 1650-1800; चातुर्मास्य,१६५०-१८००

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript for private or public use and consultation in rites and ceremonies for a set of three sacrifices performed at the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year. Text includes rites for venerating one's ancestors and for purification of the sacrificer. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Seasons -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism; Purity, Ritual -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (48 leaves) : paper; 13 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 48v).; Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.; 48 leaves foliated 1-48, middle right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 318

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts