Pretamañjarī, 1754; प्रेतमञ्जरी,१७५४

Contributor:

Jñodekhāśa (scribe)

Date:

1754

Description:

Manuscript is used for private or public ceremonies as a kind of manual for priests or senior householders to guide them in the rules and regulations governing funeral rites as well as some discussion about the spirits of the dead.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Spirits; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India; Dharma; Spirits -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 12 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: sa[ṃ]vat // 1814 // mama do[ṣo] na dī[ya]taṃ jñodekhāśo līkhā [//] rāmerāmajīvaśahāi śrīgaṇeśāyan // (f. 5r).; Dated saṃvat 1814 (1754) (f. 5r); Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with a quadruple black line.; Scribe is Jñodekhāśa (f. 5r).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 284

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts