Grahapaddhati, circa 1700-1850; ग्रहपद्धति१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual and treatise for consultation by a priest for drawing sacred diagrams (yantras), measurements determined by the finger width of the officiating priest, and intended to honor and venerate the planets. Includes a nine-petaled lotus flower diagram (f. 6r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu astrology; Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu architecture; Yantras; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); treatises; diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 10 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; 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.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 189

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts