Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1857: Bṛhajjātaka.
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Title from title abbreviations in margins.
Written in 5-18 lines per leaf.
19 leaves foliated 1-17, [18-19], upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1857
9969137833503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945986131
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6913783
Manuscript is a Hindu astrological manual and treatise for understanding the significance of a person's birth and divining what their future. It contains the first chapter (adhyāya) and part of the second, up to verse 22 of that work. There is a commentary by Bhaṭṭotpala (also known as Utpala), the Bṛhajjātakavṛtti, running parallel, above and below the root text. Contains some tables regarding planetary movements and more near the end of the manuscript (f. 18v-19r); and contains a second astrological work the Cintāpraśna at the end of the manuscript (f. 19v).
In Sanskrit
Bṛhajjātaka.
बृहज्जातक
Varāhamihira, 505-587
Bhaṭṭotpala, active 10th century
18v-19r
Tables, f. 18v and f. 19r
paper
1 item (19 leaves) : 12 x 26 cm
Hindu astrology
Hindu astronomy
Divination--India
Commentaries
Treatises
Manuals (instructional materials)
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century