Jātakābharaṇa, circa 1700-1850; जातकाभरण,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and consultation and is an astrological treatise related to the practice of divination by means of reading meaning into the movement of the various planets and the signs of the zodiac associated with them. Text contains tables containing numbers and Sanskrit characters, for understanding the movements of the sun and moon.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 26 x 11 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from end title page (f. 10v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti jātakābharaṇe mūlādijananaphalaṃ // śiva // (f. 9v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts