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Title

Lagnacandrikā
लग्नचन्द्रिका

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 711
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962063233503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880360274
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6206323

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Hindu astrological work for contemplative use or consultation. Functioning as a kind of manual, this work discusses signs and gives predictions related to when the moon enters into a particular house of the zodiac.

Notes

• Title from internal colophon (f. 56v).
   
• Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 56 leaves foliated 1-43, 45-58, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: iti śrīkāśināthoktalagnacaṃdrikā samāptāṃ // (f. 56v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

1 item (57 leaves) : 10 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy

Genres

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

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