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Jātakābharaṇa, circa 1700-1850

Also known as जातकाभरण, १७००-१८५०

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Sanskrit
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

Manuscript used for contemplation and consultation and is an astrological treatise related to the practice of divination by means of reading meaning into the movement of the various planets and the signs of the zodiac associated with them. Text contains tables containing numbers and Sanskrit characters, for understanding the movements of the sun and moon.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “astrological” in the description, “zodiac” in the description, and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • astrological· in description
    • zodiac· in description
    • Astrology· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Divination”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the description and “Divination” in the subject metadata.

    • Divination· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • Divination· in description
    • Divination· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 26 x 11 cm; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti jātakābharaṇe mūlādijananaphalaṃ // śiva // (f. 9v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); 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.; Title from end title page (f. 10v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.

1700SanskritPublic download

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p31c1tf83

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9960621213503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 688
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
Catalog id
colenda:81431-p31c1tf83
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