Āśvalāyanadharmaśāstra, circa 1700-1850; आश्वलायनधर्मशास्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Āśvalāyanasmṛti

Name:

Āśvalāyana

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a Hindu law code for performing various kinds of ancient rites and ceremonies and is especially focused on the performing of Vedic funeral rites (śrāddha) from the traditional school (śākhā) associated with Āśvalāyana.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Funeral rites and ceremonies; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Dharma; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (52 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 51r); alternate title Āśvalāyanasmṛti from colophon (f. 51r).; Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.; 53 leaves foliated 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity āśvalāyanadharmaśāstre śrāddhopayogīprakarayāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // ity āśvilāyanasmṛtiḥ samāptiḥ jñātaḥ // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 51r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in yellow at beginning of manuscript; vertical margins marked with double red line and single yellow line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1582

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts