Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 164: Vaiśvadaivikaśrāddhavidhi University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 164: Vaiśvadaivikaśrāddhavidhi 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. 1r); alternate title Śrāddhavidhi from colophon (f. 6r). Written in 7-8 lines per leaf. 6 leaves foliated 1-6, 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. 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 164 9958608783503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/819409904 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5860878 Manuscript is a manual for use by priests or householders performing different kinds of rites. The first is called Vaiśvadevavidhi and consists of offerings to various Hindu deities; the second is called Nityaśraddhavidhi and consists of offerings to one's ancestors. Text contains a collection of various mantras to various deities to be recited during the various rites. There is a diagram with 23 numbered mantras written in red ink (f. 3v). In Sanskrit Vaiśvadaivikaśrāddhavidhi वैश्वदैविकश्राद्धविधि former owner Lohanī, Viṣṇudatta Colophon: iti nityaśrāddhaṃ sampūrṇam / vedoktaśāntikādhyā / tye 1yaṃ paṭhet (f. 6r).

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 1 item (6 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm diagram [f. 3v] Viṣṇudatta Lohanī (f. 6v). Rites and ceremonies--India Ancestor worship--Hinduism Libations--India Hindu mantras Puja (Hinduism) Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century