Details

Subjects:

Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Astrological treatise and commentary (ṭīkā) dealing with predictions regarding birth, such as a king's birth.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 47v).
Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.
47 leaves foliated 1-47, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīgargācayagaṇakacakracūḍāmaṇikṛṣṇadaivajñātmajakeśavakṛtāyāṃ svakṛtapaddhatiratnaṭīkāyāṃ praśnakālādevavarṣapraveśaprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 47v).
Dated śaka 1720 (1798) (f. 47v); the date of śaka 1588 (1666) found near the beginning (f. 7r) is possibly a reference to the composition of the commentary.
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 5195 (UP 1872).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1872.

OCLC:

947843556