Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 155: Abhyudayikaśrāddhaprayoga
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Title from incipit (f. 7v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right verso.
Dated saṃvat 1922 (1865) (f. 7v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
European paper with watermarks.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 155
9958609043503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/819409815
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5860904
Manuscript is to be used by a priest or family member performing funeral rites, outlining the correct procedures and religious laws governing offerings to various ancestors (who should be named) to help the deceased on their passage to the afterworld.
In Sanskrit
Abhyudayikaśrāddhaprayoga
अभ्युदयिकश्राद्धप्रयोग
paper
1 item (7 leaves) : 12 x 23 cm
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies
Ancestor worship--Hinduism
Hindu law
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century