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Laghucintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850. = लघुचिन्तामणि, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Gaṇeśadaivajña, active 1520-1554.
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
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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