Tryodazor hṛdeṇa rekhāsti, circa 1700-1850; त्र्योदशोर्हृदेणरेखास्ति,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual for reading astrological signs for the purpose of divination and mathematical calculations based on planetary movements; text contains tables of numbers and Devanāgarī characters, abbreviated from names of planets.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Hindu astrology; Divination -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Incipit: tryodazor [hṛdeṇa] rekhāstiraścīnās tathā daśaḥ // (f. 1v).; 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts