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Title

Jyotiṣkedāra
ज्योतिष्केदार

Authors

• Kṛpāśaṅkara

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1869
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969651023503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947842267
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6965102

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is an astrological treatise and manual with tables and diagrams employed for predictions through mathematical calculations; it includes the second part of the Horāvalī called the Tājakaviṭhapa.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 46v).
   
• Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 46 leaves foliated 1-46, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (46 leaves) : 13 x 23 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti jyotiṣkedāre horāvalyāṃ tājakaviṭhape 'ṣṭamapaṃllavaḥ 8 horāvalli // 3 // (f. 46v).

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Divination--India

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Diagrams
• Tables (documents)
• Drawings (visual works)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v-2r — Table, f. 2r
• fol. 2v-3r — Tables, f. 3r
• fol. 3v-4r — Table, f. 3v
• fol. 6v-7r — Tables, f. 6v and f. 7r
• fol. 11v-12r — Tables, f. 11v
• fol. 12v-13r — Tables, f. 13r
• fol. 15v-16r — Tables, f. 16r
• fol. 16v-17r — Tables, f. 16v and f. 17r
• fol. 18v-19r — Tables, f. 19r
• fol. 19v-20r — Table and diagram, f. 19v
• Outside wooden board — Ink writing and small drawing, Outside wooden board

Decorations

• fol. 20v-21r — Diagrams, f. 20v and f. 21r