Ravīndunāmanakṣatra, circa 1700-1850; रवीन्दुनामनक्षत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Hindu astrological work for contemplative use or consultation. Functioning as a manual, this work discusses signs and gives predictions related to when the astrological bodies like the sun and moon enter into a particular house of the zodiac and is concerned with astrological health and healing, aligning the body cakra system (centers of power throughout the body) with astrological bodies.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 17 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers 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