Praśnacūḍāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850; प्रश्नचूडामणि,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Praśnasāra

Name:

Cudamani

Date:

1700

Description:

Short Hindu astrological work about inquiring into future events based on calendrical observations, etc. Manuscript has a number of tables and diagrams with characters and numbers employed in divination techniques.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper; 12 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 24r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti dhānyosatipnakarṇaṃ // itī śrīpraśnacūḍāmaṇiḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 23r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out. Manuscript is written on blue European-made paper.; Watermarks with the name Dorling and Gregory, London, as well as possibly part of a cross or a coat of arms.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts