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Title

Pretakalpa.
प्रेतकल्प

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2554
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9974003493503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/970692991
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7400349

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

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).

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.
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (54 leaves) : 16 x 27 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīgaruḍapurāṇe preṭakalpe dvitīyakhaṃḍe viṣṇavainateyasaṃbāde preṭakalpe nāmāṣṭadaśodhyāyaḥ // 18 // (f. 54v).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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