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MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF INDIA � GOVERNMENT OF SSL No. 2230. paper- 294 sudrahayatattvam | 18 x 3 inches. Folia, 10. Substance, country-made yellow Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 256 slokas Character, Bengali. Date, SK. 1768. Place of deposit, Santipura, Kalidasa Vidyavagisa. Appearance, fresh. Prose and verse. Correct. Sudrahah-kritya-tattva. A digest of the rules regarding the duties of Sudras. By Raghunandana Bhattacharya. CONTENTS: Sraddhas, daily offerings to the manes, offerings during the wane, Abhyudayika or Sraddhas on auspicious occasions. Recitations of Vedic mantras prohibited. Gift of dressed rice prohibited. Sraddhas to be performed according to the rules of the Yajur Veda. Pauranic mantras to be recited. The five Yajpas. Peculiarities in achamana or religious washing of the mouth when commencing a service. Daily duties, washing of the mouth, brushing of the teeth, bathing, putting on sectarial marks (tilakas). Offering of water to the manes. Burnt-offering to Visvedevah. Sacrifices. Offering of grass to cows. Rules for meal time. Nocturnal duties. Sleeping. Going out. Beginning. pranamya saccidanandam ramam padmadalecanam | sahakrtyatayani batti sriraghunandanah | tana matva jagannatham bhuktimuktipradayakam | sudranam tarpana vakti sriraghunandanah || atha sraddhavidhih | matsyapurane, evam sudro'pi samanyam vrddhisraddhanca sarvvada | namaskarena mantrena kuryyadamanava budha | samanyam sarvajana kabhevyatve pratipannam krsnapacadivihitam sraddham gramya- dadhikanca | evam dvijativat sudra'pi kuryyadityanvayah | namaskarena mantrena na tu khayam pathitamantrena yamannavadityanena jalopasekasiddhamannam vyadrtya tena tu kandupakam sinnamannamudahrtamityanena sina syaivannatvenabhidhanat | ityadi | End. catatavapi garbhava'pi kamukimupeyaditi | Colophon. iti sriraghunandana bhattacaryyam viracitam sudracah krtyatacam samaptam | visayah| sudranam sraddhakatvanirupanam | cya krika katyanirupananca | taca pratima0yakkrnapaca- ajadi sudrasyadhikaranirupanam | mantrapatha nisedhakathanam | cannadidanapratisedhakathanam | yadem- dotavidhima kampanusthana karttavya takathanam | sraddhe'pi pauraniko mantrah sudrena pathaniya iti maithi lamadusanam | pancayajnavidhih | cacamane visesakathanam | caki prayogakathanam vacamana prayogaka- dhanam | dantadhavanaprayogakathanam | sanaprayogakathanam | tilakadividhih | tarpanaprayogakathanam | cana- | gravapi vaisvadevamavidhih| ballikakathanam taca tatra prayogakathananca | gopra sadanaprayogakathanam | bhojanavidhikathanam | ratrikrtyanirupanam | sayanavidhikathanam | darapagamanavidhiki samnaca | 1