Laghucintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850. = लघुचिन्तामणि, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (23 leaves) : paper ; 16 x 17 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1847
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3jn9x - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India. - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a manual and is associated with a larger a treatise on Hindu astronomy and mathematics. The work is comprised primarily of astrological tables used in predictive calculations and divination of events that affect the course of a person's life. The manuscript is divided into two parts.
- Contents:
- Nakṣatra kośtika (f. 1v-15r)
Yogakośtika (f. 15r-23r). - Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; borders of tables are marked with double red line. Title page has small swastikas drawn around the title within a red border. - 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 4905 (UP 1847).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1847.
- OCLC:
- 945971367