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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1345 - Brahmakūrca
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| Title: |
Brahmakūrca, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
Manual outlining the rules, laws, and regulations around rites of penance that employ the five products and by-products of
the cow (milk, manure, and urine, as well as curd and ghee).
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| Subject: |
Cows - Religious aspects - Hinduism.
Ghee.
Hinduism - Rituals - Texts.
Rites and ceremonies - India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
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| Form / Genre: |
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti brahmakucaṃ samāptaḥ // (f. 2r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 3160 (UP 1345).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1345.
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1345
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
ब्रह्मकूर्च, १७००-१८५०.
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