Manuscript used and consulted by priests on the creation of a mystical diagram of "overall auspiciousness" (sarvatobhadra) for determining a variety of astrological issues and predictions. Contains some charts and diagrams of number and characters. Part of a larger astrological work called the Samarasāra.
Title from colophon (f. 28v).; Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.; 28 leaves foliated 1-28, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīvājapeyīviracitasya samarasārasya kāyāṃtadanujabharataviracitāyāṃ sarvato bhadrādi cakraṃ samāpta // saṃvat 1872 śake 1737 bhādrapadaśukla 10 saubhyavāsare nihmalety upanāmakaviśvanāthasauvajñena likhitaṃ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // (f. 28r).; Scribe is Viśvanātha Sauvajña Nihmala.; Dated saṃvat 1872 and śaka 1737 (1815) (f. 28v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 170
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