University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1869

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS8960

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1869

Title:

Jyotiṣkedāra / ज्योतिष्केदार

Author:

Shankar, Kripa

Kripa Shankar WIKIDATA

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 13 x 23 cm

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 46v).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
46 leaves foliated 1-46, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti jyotiṣkedāre horāvalyāṃ tājakaviṭhape 'ṣṭamapaṃllavaḥ 8 horāvalli // 3 // (f. 46v).
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.
A single board supports the manuscript. It has a flower drawn in black in the center, along with a Sanskrit prayer dedicated to the deity Gaṇeśa.

Keyword:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

tables (documents)

Manuscripts

drawings (visual works)

diagrams

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu astrology

Divination

India

Rites and ceremonies

Hindu astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9969651023503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3752n/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania