Pretakalpa. Khaṇḍa 2. Adhyāya 1-18, 1849; प्रेतकल्प.खण्ड २.अध्याय १-१८,१८४९

Alternate Title:

Pretakhaṇḍa. Khaṇḍa 2. Adhyāya 1-18

Date:

1849

Description:

Part of the final (uttara) section (khaṇḍa) of the Garuḍapurāṇa, often referred to as the Pretakalpa or Pretakhaṇḍa. Deals with funeral rites and related materials such as mythology and dharma (Hindu law).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (54 leaves) : paper; 16 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 54v); alternate title Pretakhaṇḍa supplied by cataloger.; Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.; 54 leaves foliated 1-54, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīgaruḍapurāṇe preṭakalpe dvitīyakhaṃḍe viṣṇavainateyasaṃbāde preṭakalpe nāmāṣṭadaśodhyāyaḥ // 18 // (f. 54v).; Dated saṃvat 1906 (1849) (f. 54v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2554

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts