Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa, 1844; मुहूर्तमार्तण्ड,१८४४

Contributor:

Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara (scribe)

Name:

Nārāyaṇadaivajña, active 16th century

Date:

1844

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and is an astrological treatise that deals with predictions related to different life cycle stages, and related to starting a sacred fire and the construction of buildings, among other subjects. There are tables with numbers and characters associated with planets and astral bodies (such as the sun and moon).

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara (f. 24r).

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (24 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from end title page (f. 24v).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.; End title page: iti muhūrttamārtaṃḍaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 24v).; Dated śaka 1766 (1844) (f. 24r).; 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 quadruple red line.; Scribe is Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara (f. 24r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1819

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts