Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1334: Ṛtuśānti University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1334: Ṛtuśānti 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. 8v). Written in 10 lines per leaf. 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. Watermarks of a crest with a crown. Scribe is Āgāśopākhyagaṇeśa (f. 8v). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1334 9963979573503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908392318 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6397957 Ritual manual for use by husbands whose (presumably child) bride is experiencing menstruation for the first time. In Sanskrit Ṛtuśānti ऋतुशान्ति Baudhāyana scribe Āgāśopākhyagaṇeśa Colophon: iti baudhāyanokta ṛtuśāṃtiḥ // idaṃ pustakaṃ āgāśopākhyagaṇeśena likhitaṃ // (f. 8v).

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 1 item (10 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm Menstruation--Religious aspects--Hinduism Child marriage--India Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu law Dharma Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century