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Yoginīdaśāphala, circa 1700-1850. = योगिनीदशाफल, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 696
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Other Title:
Grahādi yoginī.
Subjects:
Hindu astronomy.
Hindu astrology.
Divination.
Tantrism.
Yoginīs.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Form/Genre:
Dialogues.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Treatise on Hindu astrology drawing on aspects of Tantrism through its correlation between to the eight divine female figures known as yoginīs and various astral bodies, as well as the results yielded through their veneration; the text is presented as a dialogue between the deities Śiva and Pārvatī contemplating astrological systems.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 9v); alternate title Grahādi yoginī from note by second scribal hand on opening folio (f. 1r)
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti yoginīdaśā[phalasamāptaṃ] (f. 9v).
Mistakes blacked out.
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 5151 (UP 696).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 696
OCLC:
865582298