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Nakṣatrapīḍāśānti vidhānamālā, 1786. = नक्षत्रपीडाशान्ति विधानमाला, १७८६.

Author/Creator:
Dinakarabhaṭṭa.
Publication:
1786.
१७८६.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1394
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Subjects:
Dharma.
Hindu law.
Rites and ceremonies.
Constellations.
Hinduism.
India.
Constellations -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu law -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.
Dharma -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Collection of rules and laws (dharma) that functions as a manual associated with rites and ceremonies to appease and correct misfortunes that occur when the moon passes through different constellations (nakṣatras), especially if a child is born during an inauspicious time.
Notes:
Watermark of the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
Title from colophon (f. 13r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti dinakarabhaṭṭakṛte śāṃtisāre vyādhinakṣatratithivāraśāṃtayaḥ // (f. 13r).
Dated śaka 1706 (1786) (f. 13r).
Mistakes blacked out; lengthy addition in margin (f. 5r); some significant phrase highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Scribe is Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa Dāḍekara (f. 13r).
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 3248 (UP 1394).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1394.
Contributor:
Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa Dāḍekara, scribe.
OCLC:
910116540