Dvādaśarāśisvarūpa, circa 1700-1850; द्वादशराशिस्वरूप,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a section of a larger text that would have been a collection of astrological treatises, along with an unidentified commentary, treating different astrological themes; this text focuses on the twelve (dvādaśa) signs of the Hindu zodiac system.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Hindu astrology; Divination -- India; Zodiac -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Rāśisvarūpa from internal colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 17 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti rāsisvarūpaṃ // (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts