Vṛddhayavana, circa 1700-1850.
वृद्धयवन

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Yavanācārya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu astrology.

Hindu astronomy.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (38 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1908

Other Title:

Vṛddhayavanajātaka

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Astrological treatise outlining the rising of various planets and astrological bodies into different zodiacal houses and the benefits associated with them. Beginning of manuscript is missing.

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 2, f. 10v); alternate title Vṛddhayavanajātaka supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

38 leaves foliated 1-28, 1-10, upper left verso; two sections overlap, with f. 1 (Part 2) also foliated as f. 29 (Part 1) on the recto. All foliation added in a second scribal hand.

Colophon: iti vṛddhayavane mṛtyusyānaciṃtā // 8 // (Part 2, f. 10v)

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 5161 (UP 1908).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1908.

OCLC:

949265712