Makarandasāriṇi, circa 1700-1850; मकरन्दसारिणि, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Makarandācārya, active 1438-1478

Date:

1700

Description:

Hindu astrological manual or almanac (pañjikā) containing tables with numbers and letters employed to divine auspicious days and other events of a person's life.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (38 leaves) : paper; 17 x 35 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 1v).; 38 leaves foliated 1-38, 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; tables written in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1788

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts