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Gaurījātakagrantha, 1789.
गौरीजातकग्रन्थ

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Format:
Manuscript
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Horoscopes.
Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Divination--India.
Horoscopes--India.
Genre:
manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 668
Place of Publication:
1789.
१७८९.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is for use in astrological readings of horoscopes for the purpose of divining different events and aspects of an individual's life.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīgaurījātakagraṃtha saṃpurnẹaṃ (f. 5v).
Dated saṃvat 1846 (1789) (f. 5v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Cited in:
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 5206 (UP 668).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 668
OCLC:
861362548

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