Abhyudayikaśrāddhaprayoga, 1865; अभ्युदयिकश्राद्धप्रयोग,१८६५

Date:

1865

Description:

Manuscript is to be used by a priest or family member performing funeral rites, outlining the correct procedures and religious laws governing offerings to various ancestors (who should be named) to help the deceased on their passage to the afterworld.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 12 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 7v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right verso.; Dated saṃvat 1922 (1865) (f. 7v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; European paper with watermarks.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 155

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts