Hāyanaratna, circa 1700-1850; हायनरत्न,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Balabhadra, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Hindu astrological work focusing on predictions and divination related to nativity. The beginning of a second, partial text called the Vivāhapaddhati is written upside-down at the opening of the manuscript (f. i verso- f. 1r). Includes a couple of tables with letters and numbers. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); treatises; tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (19 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Son of Paṇḍita Dāmodara Daivajna (f. 14r).; Title from internal colophon (f. 14r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 19 leaves foliated [i], 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1810

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts