MS. Sansk. c. 46

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Yajurvedagṛhyasūtrapaddhati, A. D. 1733.

A manual of domestic rites, treating chiefly of fiineral rites and funeral oblations, described by Dr

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha maraṇakarmapaddhati atra Gaṃgāditīrtheṣu apakramiṣyad jīvitasya traivarṇikasya navayajñopavītavastramalādibhiḥ śūdrasya striyāś ca yajñopavīetarair vibhūṣaṇaṃ kuśāstaraṇāvasthānaṃ | &c.

Explicit: pṛthakpātrasādhitān na bhojanaṃ kuryāt pṛthakpākasya maṃgalasvarūpatvāt sapiṃḍane pitāmahādiśrāddhaśeṣāntasyaikapāke sādhitatvāt pretaśrāddhaśeṣāntatvād devatyāga iti iti gṛhyasūtraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 24

Dimensions (binding): 33.7 × 16.8 cm.

Condition

most of the leaves have been protected with transparent paper.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Rādhākṛṣṇa (?).

History

Origin: A. D. 1733.

mitī saṃvat 1789 ⟨1733⟩ māghamāse śuklapakṣe pratipat bhṛguvāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 8).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1072, pp. 101-102

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1072, pp. 101-102

Funding of Cataloguing

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