श्राद्धविधि

श्राद्धविधि, Sanskrit and Newari Instructions, Pracalit, order of text fols 40-39-38 and so on; writing alignment changes from along the width to along the length and reverts on fol 8 to the original alignment; Vedic symbols गुँ are transliterated as they are. Enclosure: Hymn of a cow, Sanskrit, Devanagari (fol 1, digital image 001); Colophon/inscription (Pracalit but later hand), सवत् ८७८ मि माग वदि १२ रोज ४ श्री…. सर्म्मण्णेन लिखीतं=श्री इकन्दुक्षशेषरसर शुभम्मस्तु सर्वदा (fol 3, digital image 003); Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम:॥=श्रीगदाधराय नम:॥=श्रद्ध (!) विधि लिख्यते=आदव चुलिकाग्निं कु=र्य्यत॥॥ (fol 40, digital image 040);  इति श्राद्धविधि:॥शुभं॥ (fol 8b, digital image 008);  ततो गवार्चणं॥ (fol 7a, digital image 007); 004: इति गवार्च्चण॥(fol 4b, digital image 004); Deletions (fol 34a, digital image 034), by blots (fol 34a, digital image 034), by x mark (fol 29a, digital image 029); emendations in Devanagari (fol 24, digital image 024), also added Newari Instructions ( 016a, digital image 016), crowfeet (fol 18, digital image 018), Instructions highlighted. Calendar: 878 (Nepal Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 76 folios. Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on one side, repair (fol 4, digital image 004), fungal damage (digital image 028); 9.8cm x 5.2cm (1 folio); 19cm x 9.7cm (1 folio); 17cm x 8cm (54 folios). Scribe of original material: इश्वरानन्द शर्मा (?).