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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 711 - Lagnacandrikā
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| Title: |
Lagnacandrikā, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (57 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
Hindu astrological work for contemplative use or consultation. Functioning as a kind of manual, this work discusses signs
and gives predictions related to when the moon enters into a particular house of the zodiac.
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| Subject: |
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Moon - Religious aspects.
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| Form / Genre: |
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from internal colophon (f. 56v).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
56 leaves foliated 1-43, 45-58, upper left and lower right verso.
Internal colophon: iti śrīkāśināthoktalagnacaṃdrikā samāptāṃ // (f. 56v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some syllables, words, or phrases
highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double 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 4674 (UP 711).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 711
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 711
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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: |
लग्नचन्द्रिका, १७००-१८५०.
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