Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850; मुहूर्तचिन्तामणि, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Rāma Daivajña, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a manual and treatise on divination and reading the signs of planetary movement within the context of Hindu astrology and astronomy; makes predictions about the upcoming year related to various aspects of human life. There are no planetary tables typically found in copies of this manuscript. Manuscript is incomplete, missing beginning.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 15r).; Internal colophon: iti śrīmuhantacintāmaṇau gocarapnaprakaraṇaṃ samāptam // (15r).; Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 7-17, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 2734

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts