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Title

Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa
मुहूर्तमार्तण्ड

Authors

• Nārāyaṇadaivajña, active 16th century

Other related names

• Brāhmaṇaṛṣirāma, scribe

Call number

Ms. Indic 29
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9976895123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/988032144

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Hindu astrological work related to the time divisions of the sun, with an unidentified commentary surrounding the root text. Fragments from two other unidentified texts are at the beginning of the manuscript (folios i and ii).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 19r).
   
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
   
• 21 leaves foliated [i-ii], 1-19, lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1818 (1761) (f. 19r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Papier-mâché box with painted design and flowers on the inside and outside supports the manuscript.
   
• Scribe is Brāhmaṇaṛṣirāma (f. 19r).
   

Extent

1 item (21 leaves) : 16 x 31 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīcāturmāsya yājiputranārāyaṇaviracito muhūrtamārtaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 19r).

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology--Early works to 1800
• Hindu astronomy--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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