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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
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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