Praśnamāṇikya, circa 1700-1850; प्रश्नमाणिक्य,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Caṇḍeśvara, active 14th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Astrological treatise about inquiring (praśna) into the future, possibly by the astrologer Caṇḍeśvara (f. 2v). Has a table of the 27 nakṣastras (houses of the moon) with numbers (f. 2v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 13 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti praśnamāṇikye kāryāvadhijñānākhyaprakaraṇaṃ // (f. 4v).; 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 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