Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 110: Vṛṣotsargapaddhati

Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 110: Vṛṣotsargapaddhati University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 110: Vṛṣotsargapaddhati are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 10v). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso. Dated saṃvat 1871 (Thursday, 1 September 1814 A.D.) (f. 10v). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; date and attribution of scribe written in a second hand. Scribe is Bāpūbhaṭṭa Purāṇika (f. 10v). Non-Latin script record. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 110 9958423373503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813298510 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5842337

Manuscript used in funeral rites, a rite for releasing a young bull of varying colors.

In Sanskrit Vṛṣotsargapaddhati वृषोत्सर्गपद्धति Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa scribe Purāṇika, Bāpūbhaṭṭa Colophon: iti śrīrāmeśvarabhaṭṭasutanārāyaṇabhaṭṭakṛtavṛṣotsargapaddhatirāśvatnāyānānāṃ // chachachachaḥ // saṃvat 1871 bhādrapadavadya 2 idaṃ pustakaṃ purāṇikopanāmakarāpūbhaṭṭena likhāpitaṃ (f. 10v).

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1 item (10 leaves) : 11 x 26 cm Bulls--Religious aspects Rites and ceremonies--India Funeral rites and ceremonies--India Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century