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Jyotiṣa, circa 1700-1850. = ज्योतिष, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 19 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 648
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Subjects:
Divination.
Astronomy.
India.
Hindu astronomy.
Astronomy -- India.
Yugas.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Divination -- India.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript used as a kind of guide book or manual for early Hindu and especially Vedic astronomy and is part of the supplemental literature to the Vedas or the Vedāṅga literature; makes reference to Vedic ritual and an unusual reference to a system of 5 year yugas (cosmic ages).
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti jyotiṣaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ (f. 4v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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 4841 (UP 648).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 648
OCLC:
861291507