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Title

Smṛtikaustubha
स्मृतिकौस्तुभ

Authors

• Anantadeva, active 17th century

Other related names

• Rāmacandra Abhidheya, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1575
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967588463503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927413060
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6758846

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Collection of Hindu laws, rules, and procedures for various beliefs, ideas, and practices that include astrology, marriage, food, fasting, observances (vratas), and widowhood.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 292r).
   
• Written in 8-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 292 leaves foliated 1-292, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Scribe is Rāmacandra Abhidheya (f. 292v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through some of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double black and red line.
   
• Single wooden board with slightly beveled edge supports manuscript.
   

Extent

1 item (292 leaves) : 13 x 28 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadanaṃtadevasūtāpadevatanayenānaṃtadevena viracite smṛtikaustubhe saṃskāradīdhitiḥ samāptim agamat // graṃthasaṃkhyā 8000 // śrīrastu // (f. 292r).

Subjects topical

• Hindu law
• Dharma
• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Hindu astrology
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Vratas
• Widows (Hindu law)

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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