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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 653 - Veṅkaṭeśa, Daivajña - Sarvārthacintāmaṇi
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| Author: |
Veṅkaṭeśa, Daivajña.
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| Title: |
Sarvārthacintāmaṇi, 1750.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (59 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 29 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
Manuscript an astrological work, title translated as Jewel of all things, is a comprehensive overview of astrological charts,
and planetary movements, that seeks to determine outcomes that will positively or negatively effect people's lives and rites
of passage (birth, marriage, death). Small graph on the title page written in a different hand.
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| Subject: |
Hindu astrology.
Rites and ceremonies - India.
Divination - India.
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| Form / Genre: |
Manuals (instructional materials)
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from colophon (f. 60r).
Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.
59 leaves foliated 1, 3-60, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: yādṛṣaṃ pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā // yadi śudram śruddhaṃ vāmamadoṣonavidyate //
samāpta // śubham astu // saṃvat 1807 // (f. 60r).
Dated saṃvat 1807 (1750) (f. 60r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red
throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 5277 (UP 653).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 653
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 653
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
सर्वार्थचिन्तामणि, १७५०.
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