Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a kind of manual and treatise on divination and reading the signs of planetary movement within the context of Hindu astrology and astronomy; makes predictions about the upcoming year related to agriculture and other aspects of human life. Two small astronomical tables of numbers appear near the end of the manuscript (f. 10r).
Title from colophon (f. 12v).; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: it rājāvalīsamāptaṃ // ida[ṃ] rājāvalīpustakaṃ bhopale ity upanāmakasya ābābhaṭṭasyedaṃ pu[stakaṃ]siddhaṃ gāḍagilḷopanāmakabālaṃbhaṭṭena likhitaṃ śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu śake 1787 māghaśuddhapratipadāyāṃ samāptaṃ saṃ[va]t 1924 (f. 12 v).; Dated śaka 1787 and saṃvat 1924 (1865-1866) (f. 12v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line on folio 10.; Scribe is Bālambhaṭṭa Gāḍagiḷa (f. 12v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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