Details

Standardized Title:

Parāśarasmr̥ti

Other Title:

Pārāśarīhora

Subjects:

Divination.
India.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Diagrams.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Horoscope manual attributed to the ancient sage Pārāśarī also known as Pārāśara. There are square diagrams with diagonal lines in them along with numbers.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate titles Pārāśarīhora and Pārāśarīhorapaddhati supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 5014 (UP 1841).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1841.

OCLC:

945729093