Gaurījātaka, 1881; गौरीजातक,१८८१

Date:

1881

Description:

Hindu astrological work with a horoscope that predicts the length of a person's life by contemplating the rotation of the stars. There are some horoscope tables, with numbers for calculations, at the end of the manuscript.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Horoscopes; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Horoscopes -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (26 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 25v).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 26 leaves foliated 1-26, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmaheśvaragaurīsaṃvāde gaurījātake āyurdāyadaśāphalāni samāptāni // (f. 25r).; Dated śaka 1793 (1881) (f. 25r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Watermarks with the company name Dorlin & Gregory, London; and the year 1880.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts