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Grahapaddhati, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:
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).
Date:
1700
Identifier:
9958644653503681; (OCoLC)ocn820002403; (OCoLC)820002403; (PU)5864465-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Puja (Hinduism); Hindu astrology.; Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Hindu architecture.; Yantras.; Manuscripts.; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises.; Diagrams.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 10 x 25 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Non-Latin script record.; 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.; Title supplied by cataloger.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 390
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts.