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Samarasaṃgraha, 1750

Also known as Samarasāra; समरसंग्रह, १७५०

by Somayāji Rāmacandra

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: Sanskrit
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Hindu astrological treatise for making predictions about war and battles. Contains tables and diagrams with numbers and Sanskrit characters. There is an unidentified, incomplete astrological text, upside down, at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1r).

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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 and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “astrological”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

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

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

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 24 cm; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrāmavājapeyena viracitaḥ samarasaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 7).; Dated śaka 1672 (1750) (f. 7v).; 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.; Named Rāma Vājapeya in the manuscript (f. 7v).; Title from colophon (f. 7v); alternate title Samarasāra supplied by cataloger.; Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.

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  • ark:/81431/p32s0j

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969494583503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1860
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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