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Title

Saṃskārendu
संस्कारेन्दु

Authors

• Tryaṃbaka (Son of Nārāyaṇa)

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1629
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967798253503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/929715539
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6779825

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a collection of Hindu laws (dharma) pertaining to various domestic rites and ceremonies such as funeral rites, rituals for cures of illness, and others.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 78 leaves foliated 1-78, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Date after 1839 based on watermarks.
   
• Watermarks with the name Hall and the date of 1839.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.
   

Extent

1 item (78 leaves) : 10 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Licenses

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