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Title

Muhūrtacintāmaṇi
मुहूर्तचिन्तामणि

Authors

• Rāma Daivajña, active 17th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1870
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969651063503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947842317
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6965106

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a 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 to various aspects of human life. There are tables of numbers and characters related to the planets throughout the manuscript.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 44 leaves foliated 1-20, [i], 21-43, 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 six red lines.
   

Extent

1 item (44 leaves) : 14 x 34 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti yātrāprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 43v).

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Divination--India

Genres

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

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v-2r — Table, f. 2r
• fol. 2v-3r — Table, f. 2v and f. 3r
• fol. 3v-4r — Table, f. 4r
• fol. 4v-5r — Table, f. 4v and f. 5r
• fol. 5v-6r — Table, f. 5v
• fol. 6v-7r — Table, f. 6v
• fol. 7v-8r — Table, f. 7v
• fol. 8v-9r — Table, f. 8v and f. 9r
• fol. 9v-10r — Tables, f. 9v
• fol. 11v-12r — Table, f. 12r
• fol. 12v-13r — Table, f. 12v and f. 13r
• fol. 13v-14r — Table, f. 13v and f. 14r
• fol. 14v-15r — Table, f. 14v and f. 15r
• fol. 18v-19r — Table, f. 18v