Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962102963503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880423376
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6210296

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Summary

Manuscript is a kind of Hindu astrological text containing tables and diagrams used for consultation for readings signs and omens for divining the future.

Notes

• Title from marginal note (f. 4r); alternate title Śakunavantī from marginal note (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 6-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1, [i], 3, [i], middle right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases in red ink; tables and margins marked with double black line.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Divination--India
• Omens--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

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

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — Table, f. 1r
• fol. 1v-2r — Tables, f. 1v-2r
• fol. 2v-3r — Table, f. 2v
• fol. 2v-3r — Illustration, f. 3r
• fol. 3v-4r — Tables, f. 3v-4r