Śīghrabodha, circa 1700-1850; शीघ्रबोध,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Rājarāma Madhumatya (Son of Gaṅgādhara) (scribe)

Name:

Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Astrological work associated with health; a series of figure drawings are embedded in tables with numbers and letters and aligned with points of bodily power or cakras; these cakras are aligned with different planets for the purpose of predicting the future of one's health. There are tables and diagrams with numbers and characters.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (34 leaves) : paper; 22 x 8 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 34v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 34 leaves foliated 1-33, [34], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti maṃtrāraṃbhaḥ iti kāśināthayabhaṭṭācāryakṛtau śighrabodhe mūhartaprakaraṇasamāptaṃ graṃthasamāptaṃ (f. 34r).; Scribe is Rājarāma Madhumatya, son of Gaṅgādhara (f. 34r).; 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. There is a decorative floral border on the front cover in red (f. 1r); In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1828

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts