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Hastarekhā, circa 1700-1850.
हस्तरेखा

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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1905
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Format:
Manuscript
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Palmistry.
Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination--India.
Palmistry--India.
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
diagrams
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1905
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a small folded work, meant to be carried on someone's person for convenient consultation. It contains a diagram of a right hand with associated astrological symbols such as a bull, horse, elephant, sun, moon, swastika, chariot, and others.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
1 leaf.
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 5255 (UP 1905).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1905.
OCLC:
948609004

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