Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850; मुहूर्तचिन्तामणि,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Rāma Daivajña, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a manual and treatise on divination and reading the signs of planetary movement within the context of Hindu astrology and astronomy; makes predictions about the upcoming year related to various aspects of human life. There are tables of numbers and characters related to the planets throughout the manuscript. Some of the tables are incomplete. The manuscript is unfinished.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuals (instructional materials); Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Daivajñānanta.; Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant letters and numbers highlighted in red near the beginning of the manuscript; vertical margins marked with double red line. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1818

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts