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

Title

Authors

• Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya, active 16th century

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959247003503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/830653605
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5924700

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Language

Summary

Manuscript is a treatise used for consultation by priests discussing the true nature of duty (Hindu law, Dharma) and contains different examples of daily rites to be performed by Hindus, including an emphasis on śrāddha rites (funeral rites). Manuscript includes some Vedic and non-Vedic rites as well as some devotional material (pūja).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 34v).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 29 leaves foliated 6-34, middle right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Funeral rites and ceremonies--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Genres

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

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