Tithicintāmaṇisāriṇī circa 1700-1850
तिथिचिन्तामणिसारिणी, १७००-१८५०

Description
Hindu astrological tables used for predicting the future, especially which days are auspicious in a given person's life. Some of the tables are incomplete, suggesting that the manuscript was still in use and incomplete. Includes some small diagrams and designs in pen and painted in a wash.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Divination
Hindu astrology
Hindu astronomy
Divination -- India
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (27 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Notes
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 12-20 lines per leaf.
27 leaves foliated 1-6, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; tables marked with single and double red lines.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32m3z
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1799
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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