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Śīghrabodha, 1825. = शीघ्रबोध, १८२५.

Author/Creator:
Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya.
Publication:
1825.
१८२५.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (47 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1770
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Subjects:
Astronomy.
Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Divination -- India.
Hindu astronomy.
Astronomy -- India.
Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a treatise used for consultation and study and is an astrological text used by a priest or householder to divine future events that will affect specific details of a person's life (pañjika or astrological almanac); contains discussions of planetary movements and other themes.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 47r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
47 leaves foliated 1-47, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīkāśināthabhaṭṭācāryaviractie śīghrabodhahoḍācakracaturthaprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptam // (f. 47r).
Dated saṃvat 1882 (1825) (f. 47r).
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 4964 (UP 1770).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1770.
OCLC:
938682845