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Title

Smṛtikaustubha
स्मृतिकौस्तुभ

Authors

• Anantadeva, active 17th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1622
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967782613503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929184565
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6778261

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. 332v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 332 leaves foliated 1-332, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (332 leaves) : 11 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti darśaprayogaḥ iti śrīmadanaṃtadevasutāyādevatanayenānaṃtadevena viracite smṛtikaustubhe saṃskāradīdhitiḥ samāptimagamat śubham astu (f. 332v).

Subjects topical

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

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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