Details

Subjects:

Divination.
India.
Nārāyaṇadaivajña, active 16th century. Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a treatise and commentary regarding the proper time of year to perform different Hindu rituals. The work is a commentary on the author's own work the Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa, specifically the chapter called Pallīsarathapraraṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-3, [i], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmuhūrttamārttaṃḍaṭIkāyāṃ mārttaṃḍavallabhāyāṃ pallīsaraṭhaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 3v).
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 4999 (UP 1789).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1789.

OCLC:

941981958