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Hastarekhāvicāraṇa, circa 1700-1850

Also known as हस्तरेखाविचारण, १७००-१८५०

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

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Manuscript is a treatise on Hindu palmistry on signs shown by the right hand, with a diagram in red of a large right hand divided into sections and in which are small drawings of objects labeled (with black ink) in Hindi and Sanskrit such as a chariot, swastika, palanquin, elephant, fish, planets and other astrological bodies and symbols.

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 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 “Palmistry” in the description, “Divination” in the subject metadata, and “Palmistry” in the subject metadata.

    • “Divination”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Palmistry”· in description
    • “Divination”· in subject
    • “Palmistry”· 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 (1 leaf) : paper ; 32 x 41 cm; 1 leaf.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; borders marked with double red line.; Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 14 lines per leaf.

1700—Sanskrit—Public download

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Identifiers

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  • ark:/81431/p3v40kr3g

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969677733503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1904, Mapcase drawer 139
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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