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Navagrahayantravidhi, circa 1700-1850. = नवग्रहयन्त्रविधि, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 188
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Subjects:
Hindu astrology.
Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Yantras.
Hindu law.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Diagrams.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manual for use by a priest outlining the methods and rules (laws) related to a sacred diagram intended to honor the nine planets (navagraha) and reflect positively on the person for whom the diagram is being commissioned. Includes two syllabary charts at the end of the manuscript (f. 2v).
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti navagrahayaṃtravidhiḥ // (f. 2r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3383 (UP 188).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 188.
OCLC:
820007865