University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1786

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DS ID:

DS8876

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1786

Title:

Bṛhajjātaka / बृहज्जातक

Astrological text

Author:

Varāhamihira, 505-587

Varāhamihira WIKIDATA

Date:

1777.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 17 x 32 cm

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 23v).
Written in 13 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīāvaṃtikācārya śrīvarāhamiharaviracite bṛhajjātakopasaṃhārādhyāyaḥ 18 saṃvat 1834 māsa aṣāṭakṛṣṇapakṣanaumyā 9 (f. 23v).
Dated saṃvat 1834 (1777) (f. 23v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Keyword:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu astrology

Divination

Hindu astronomy

Early works

India

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9968894443503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3t539/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania