Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9976097943503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974913853
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7609794

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Summary

Dharmaśāstra text (Hindu law, dharma) on offering of rice, especially during ancestor worship. Manuscript was folded into quarters for ease of carrying, likely for use by a priest or family member while performing the rites.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 34v).
   
• Written in 14 lines per leaf.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

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Subjects topical

• Ancestor worship--Hinduism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu law
• Dharma

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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