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Pārāśarī, circa 1700-1850.
पाराशरी
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1841
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Parāśara, attributed name.
- Standardized Title:
- Parāśarasmr̥ti
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Divination.
- India.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Hindu astrology.
- Hindu astronomy.
- Divination--India.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- diagrams
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 26 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1841
- Other Title:
- Pārāśarīhora
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Horoscope manual attributed to the ancient sage Pārāśarī also known as Pārāśara. There are square diagrams with diagonal lines in them along with numbers.
- Notes:
- Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate titles Pārāśarīhora and Pārāśarīhorapaddhati supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- 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 5014 (UP 1841).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1841.
- OCLC:
- 945729093
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