Grahalalita, 1854; ग्रहललित,१८५४

Date:

1854

Description:

Hindu astrological treatise about the planets (graha). The opening folio (f. 1r) has verses 46-52 of an unknown partial text ending: sarva mitrāviro (f. 1r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India; Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10r).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti grahalalitaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 10r).; Dated śaka 1776 (1854) (f. 10r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1820

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts