Jyotiṣasaṃgraha, circa 1700-1850; ज्योतिषसंग्रह],१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of short astrological texts, tables, yantras (sacred diagrams), and more, for personal use in making inquiries (praśna) into the future.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Tables (documents); Diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (29 leaves) : paper; 12 x 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 32-36 lines per leaf.; 29 leaves foliated 1-4, 6-8, 10-15, [16], 24, [25-27], 29-30, [31-39], 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 drawn with single and double red and black line.; Bound on left margin as a codex, likely to make it easier to carry.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1906

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts