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MS. Sansk. d. 48

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Āśvalāyana Śrāddhapaddhati, A. D. 1819.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A manual of the rites connected with Śrāddhas or funeral oblations, especially the Pārvanaśrāddha, as practised in the school of Āśvalāyana

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ‖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ‖ śrīkṛṣṇo jayaty atitarām ‖ ācamyādau pavitradhāraṇaṃ ‖ oṃ pavitravaṃteti dvayor brahmā Bṛhaspatis triṣṭup ‖ pavitradhāraṇe viniyogaḥ ‖ pavitravaṃtaḥ pari vācam āsate pitaiṣāṃ ‖ &c.
Explicit: ucchinnakulavaṃśānāṃ yeṣāṃ dātā kulena hi ‖ dharmapiṃḍo mayā datto hy akṣayyam upatiṣṭhatu ‖ 4 ‖ iti Pārvaṇaśrāddhapaddhatiḥ samāptā ‖ śubham astu ‖

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 30 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 24.4 × 15.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Dāmodara, son of Hari, of Sūryapura.

History

Origin: A. D. 1819.

saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 ⟨1819⟩ pravart-tamānamārgaśīrṣamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tithau bhṛgau vāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 14).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1060, p. 96

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. 1060, p. 96

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