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Jñānamañjarī, 1704

Also known as ज्ञानमञ्जरी, १७०४

by Gadādhara

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: Sanskrit
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

Manuscript is possibly a pañjika (astrological almanac) or a manual for creating one and is for the purpose of interpreting and making predictions related to someone's life based on Hindu astronomy and mathematics. Contains a number of tables and charts containing numbers and letters in cells for the purpose of predictions.

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 “Divination” in the subject metadata.

    • Divination· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • 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 (24 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 27 cm; 24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.; A single wooden board is supports the manuscript and has writing on it which appears to be a list or table of contents.; Colophon: iti jñāṃnamaṃjarīsaṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 24v).; Dated saṃvat 1761 (1704) (f. 24v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Title from colophon (f. 24v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3727h

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9968824403503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1778
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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colenda:81431-p3727h
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