Praśnatattva, 1840. = प्रश्नतत्त्व, १८४०.
- Publication:
- 1840.
१८४०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 698
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31c1tf7m - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination.
Medicine, Ayurvedic. - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a treatise on astrological aspects of Ayurvedic medicine and the interpretation and reading of astrological signs in the course of medical diagnosis and treatment. Manuscript contains a number of astronomical tables of numbers, symbols, and references to different planets and other heavenly bodies.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 9r).
Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti cakrapāṇiviracite vibudhapadaprade praśnātattve vai // miśrapraśnādhyāya sulabha iha dvādaśaśvāgāt // samvat 1897 śāke 1762 sālamitiphālyana[?]di 4 roja 5 tad dine lohanī viṣṇudatena likhitaṃ svārthaṃ śubham // (f. 12r).
Dated saṃvat 1897 and śaka 1762 (1840) (f. 12r).
Scribe is Viṣṇudatta (f. 12r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; tables drawn with black lines. - 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 4713 (UP 698).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 698
- Contributor:
- Viṣṇudatta, scribe.
- OCLC:
- 865582374