Ms. Coll. 390 Item 189 Grahapaddhati / ग्रहपद्धति
Title
Grahapaddhatiग्रहपद्धति
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 189(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9958644653503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820002402
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5864465
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manual and treatise for consultation by a priest for drawing sacred diagrams (yantras), measurements determined by the finger width of the officiating priest, and intended to honor and venerate the planets. Includes a nine-petaled lotus flower diagram (f. 6r).
Notes
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 8 lines per leaf.
- 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Non-Latin script record.
Extent
1 item (12 leaves) : 10 x 25 cmSupport
PaperSubjects topical
- Hindu astrology
- Planets--Religious aspects--Hinduism
- Hindu architecture
- Yantras
- Puja (Hinduism)
Genres
- Manuals (instructional materials)
- Treatises
- Diagrams
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
Licenses
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Images
fol. 5v-6r
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Decoration: lotus diagram [6r]
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ms_coll_390_item_189_wk1_testref1.tif (85.5 MB)
ms_coll_390_item_189_wk1_testref1_thumb.jpg (5.2 KB)
ms_coll_390_item_189_wk1_testref1_web.jpg (417.1 KB)