Gaurījātaka, circa 1700-1850; गौरीजातक,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Hindu astrological treatise to be employed as a horoscope to predict the length of a person's life by contemplating the rotation of the stars.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 4r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti gaurījātake ariṣṭadhyāyaḥ (f. 4r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; internal colophon highlighted in red (f. 4r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1910

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts