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Jotiṣabālabodha, 1810. = ज्योतिषबालबोध, १८१०.

Author/Creator:
Muñjāditva.
Publication:
1810.
१८१०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 650
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Subjects:
Divination.
Astronomy.
India.
Hindu astronomy.
Constellations.
Vratas.
Astronomy -- India.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Divination -- India.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript used for contemplation and study by students and contains instructions on divination and reading astral constellations as well as recommendation for observances (vrata) and their preparatory rites such as shaving the head.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 21v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti muṃjādittyaviracite / jotiṣabālabodhasamāptaṃ likhataṃ dayānāthamirajāpuramadhye saṃvat 1867 miti caitrabudī 2 bhaume (f. 21v).
Dated saṃvat 1867 (1810) (f. 21v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
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 5037 (UP 650).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 650
OCLC:
861292546