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Title

Āśvalāyanadharmaśāstra
आश्वलायनधर्मशास्त्र

Authors

• Āśvalāyana

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1582
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967589023503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927414518
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6758902

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

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.

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.
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (52 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: ity āśvalāyanadharmaśāstre śrāddhopayogīprakarayāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // ity āśvilāyanasmṛtiḥ samāptiḥ jñātaḥ // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 51r).

Subjects topical

• Funeral rites and ceremonies--India
• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Dharma
• 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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