Svapnādhyāya, circa 1700-1850; स्वप्नाध्याय,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Svapnādhyāyastotra

Name:

Br̥haspati; Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

The first part of the manuscript is an astrological work for the purpose of divination derived from Vedic rites and ceremonies with a list of different gifts to be offered at specific times of year; text is part of a secondary body of Vedic literature referred to as the Pariśiṣṭas; the second part of the manuscript is a hymn to the nine planets attributed to the poet Kālidāsa.; Svapnādhyāya (f. 1r-4r) -- Navagrahastotra (f. 4r-5r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 13 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title for manuscript from title for first work in internal colophon (f. 4r); alternate title Svapnādhyāyastotra supplied by cataloger; title of second work Navagrahastotra from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti bṛhaspatyuktasvapnādhyāyaḥ samāptah // (f. 4r).; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts