Nāndīśrāddhasaṃkalpa, circa 1700-1850; नान्दीश्राद्धसंकल्प,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Nārāyaṇa ( son of Nīlakaṇṭha) (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook to be used by priests or senior family members, which outlines the rules and regulations (Hindu law) for performing rites of veneration to a specific class of deceased ancestors, typically the third generation back.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism; Worship (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 10 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti nāṃdīśrāddhasaṃkalpyaḥ // likhitam idaṃ kāśyāṃnīlakaṃṭhasūnunānārāyaṇena // śrī // śrī // karakṛtam aparādhaṃ kṣantum arhaṃti saṃtaḥ // (f. 9v).; Scribe is Nārāyaṇa son of Nīlakaṇṭha from the city of Vārāṇasī (f. 9v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts