Details

Other Title:

Vṛddhayavanajātaka

Subjects:

Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Astrological treatise outlining the rising of various planets and astrological bodies into different zodiacal houses and the benefits associated with them. Beginning of manuscript is missing.

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 2, f. 10v); alternate title Vṛddhayavanajātaka supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
38 leaves foliated 1-28, 1-10, upper left verso; two sections overlap, with f. 1 (Part 2) also foliated as f. 29 (Part 1) on the recto. All foliation added in a second scribal hand.
Colophon: iti vṛddhayavane mṛtyusyānaciṃtā // 8 // (Part 2, f. 10v)
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 5161 (UP 1908).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1908.

OCLC:

949265712