Mayūracitraka, circa 1700-1850; मयूरचित्रक,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Mayūravacintāmaṇi

Name:

Nārada, active 1570-1630

Date:

1700

Description:

Astrological work related to agriculture and the prediction of the weather.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India; Agriculture -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (25 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 25v).; Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.; 25 leaves foliated 1-25, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti ketuścāraḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 25v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some folios have the vertical margins marked with double red line. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts