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. Several astronomical tables of numbers and letters appear throughout the manuscript.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Astronomy; Hindu astrology; Hindu mathematics; Astronomy -- India; Divination -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (39 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Daivajñānanta (f. 38r).; Title from colophon (f. 38r).; Written in 9-17 lines per leaf.; 39 leaves foliated 1-29, 29-38, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīdaivajñānaṃatasutadaivajñarāmaviracite muhūrttaciṃtāmaṇau gṛhapraveśaprakaraṇaṃ // (f. 38).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; some vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts