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 tables and diagrams related to the planets.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Tables (documents); Diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (40 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 40v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī anaṃtadaivajñāsutarāmadaivajñaviracite muhūrtaciṃtāmaṇaugṛhapraveśaprakaraṇaṃsaṃpūrṇa // (f. 40v).; 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 Item 1858

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts