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Śīghrabodha, circa 1700-1850

Also known as शीघ्रबोध, १७००-१८५०

by Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya & Rājarāma Madhumatya

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

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is an astrological text used by a priest or householder for the purpose of divining future events that will effect specific details of a person's life; contains discussions of planetary movements and agricultural themes, includes a diagram of a serpent with asterism within its body (f. 20v); also contains tables and charts containing Sanskrit syllables and numbers. Manuscript is incomplete and may have combined parts of two different manuscripts.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Divination and oracles, and Psychic healing, auras, and subtle energy.

  • 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
  • Retained metadata contains “Chakras” in the subject metadata.

    • Chakras· 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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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm; 13 leaves foliated 11-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśīghrabodhaḥ samāptaḥ saṃpūrṇam // śubham // (f. 23v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and single line in some folios.; Title from colophon (f. 23v).; Written in 7-13 lines per leaf.

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (34 leaves) : paper ; 22 x 8 cm; 34 leaves foliated 1-33, [34], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti maṃtrāraṃbhaḥ iti kāśināthayabhaṭṭācāryakṛtau śighrabodhe mūhartaprakaraṇasamāptaṃ graṃthasamāptaṃ (f. 34r).; 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. There is a decorative floral border on the front cover in red (f. 1r); Scribe is Rājarāma Madhumatya, son of Gaṅgādhara (f. 34r).; Title from colophon (f. 34v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.

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Identifiers & provenance

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3cc0ts9s
  • ark:/81431/p3ss02

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9960620533503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969069013503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1828
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 686
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
Catalog id
colenda:81431-p3cc0ts9s
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Multi source partial
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