Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 171: Dānavidhi University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 171: Dānavidhi 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 supplied by cataloger; alternate title Dāsīdānavidhi supplied by cataloger. Written in 8-10 lines per leaf. 16 leaves foliated 1-16, 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; vertical margins marked with double black line. 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 171 9958617303503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/819548684 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5861730 Manuscript is a compendium or manual for use by Hindus wishing to give different kinds of gifts (dāna) and quotes passages from various purāṇic works, especially the Skandapurāṇa, but also selections from the Liṅgapurāṇa, Bhaviṣyapurāṇa, Matsyapurāṇa, and Kūrmapurāṇa, as well as a selection from the Mahābhārata. The manuscript gives the rules (religious law) governing such gifts as the gift of a wife, "gifts" to the recently deceased, gift of a cow, and other gifts. Text also includes a section on mantras for use in worship (pūjā). In Sanskrit Dānavidhi दानविधि Colophon: iti strīyadāsīdānaṃ // (f. 16v).

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 1 item (16 leaves) : 10 x 23 cm Cows--Religious aspects--Hinduism Gifts--Religious aspects--Hinduism Married women--India Puja (Hinduism) Hindu law Manuals (instructional materials) Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century