Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa, 1844. = मुहूर्तमार्तण्ड, १८४४.
- Publication:
- 1844.
१८४४. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (24 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1819
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ts0c - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies. - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for consultation and is an astrological treatise that deals with predictions related to different life cycle stages, and related to starting a sacred fire and the construction of buildings, among other subjects. There are tables with numbers and characters associated with planets and astral bodies (such as the sun and moon).
- Notes:
- Title from end title page (f. 24v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.
End title page: iti muhūrttamārtaṃḍaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 24v).
Dated śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 24r).
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 quadruple red line.
Scribe is Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara (f. 24r). - Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara (f. 24r).
- 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 4995 (UP 1819).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1819.
- Contributor:
- Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara, scribe, former owner.
- OCLC:
- 944523214