Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850; मुहूर्तचिन्तामणि,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Rāma Daivajña, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

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 various aspects of human life. Manuscript contains an unknown commentary running vertically above and below the main text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 12 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in upper left margins, verso.; Written in 11-17 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts