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

Title

Magician's augury

Call number

Ms. Indic 22
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9976895043503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/988031874

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit and Nepali

Summary

Illustrated manual in Sanskrit and Nepali on astrological subjects, such as readings and signs. Contains illustrations of especially Hindu deities and mythological characters such as Rāma, Sītā, and Hanuman.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 5-11 lines per leaf.
   
• Dated śaka 1781 (1859).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Codex-bound with stitched red cover.
   

Subjects topical

• Rāma (Hindu deity)--Art
• Sītā (Hindu deity)--Art
• Hanumān (Hindu deity)--Art
• Hindu astrology
• Omens--Nepal

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Paintings (visual works)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--Nepal--19th century

Licenses

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