Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 124: Daśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 124: Daśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta 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 incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Cāturmāsya from title page (f. 1r). Written in 7-8 lines per leaf. 52 leaves foliated 1-51, [52], upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout half of manuscript (f. 1v-27r). 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 124 9958498093503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/816100867 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5849809 Manuscript employed as a manual for priests in a private or public setting for consultation during rites and ceremonies performed during full and new moon sacrifices. Text outlines procedures (religious law) for the proper performance of atonement rites and may be linked to the performance of rites at the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year. In Sanskrit Daśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta दशपूर्णमासप्रायश्चित्त

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 1 item (52 leaves) : 10 x 24 cm Vratas Rites and ceremonies--India Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduism Ancestor worship--Hinduism Purity, Ritual--Hinduism Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century