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Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850

Also known as मुहूर्तचिन्तामणि, १७००-१८५०

by Rāma Daivajña

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

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Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a manual and treatise on divination and reading the signs of planetary movement within the context of Hindu astrology and astronomy; makes predictions about the upcoming year related to various aspects of human life. There are tables of numbers and characters related to the planets throughout the manuscript. Some of the tables are incomplete. The manuscript is unfinished.

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 “Astrology” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· 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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Editions

6 editions cataloged here.

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm; 11 leaves foliated 7-17, upper left and lower right verso.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Internal colophon: iti śrīmuhantacintāmaṇau gocarapnaprakaraṇaṃ samāptam // (15r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Title from internal colophon (f. 15r).; Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.

1700—Sanskrit—Public download

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (40 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm; 40 leaves foliated 1-40, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī anaṃtadaivajñāsutarāmadaivajñaviracite muhūrtaciṃtāmaṇaugṛhapraveśaprakaraṇaṃsaṃpūrṇa // (f. 40v).; 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 colophon (f. 40v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

1700—Sanskrit—Public download

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (44 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 34 cm; 44 leaves foliated 1-20, [i], 21-43, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti yātrāprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 43v).; 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 six red lines.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.

1700—Sanskrit—Public download

Subjects

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Identifiers & provenance

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p35x25c6h
  • ark:/81431/p35z9m
  • ark:/81431/p39z90b86
  • ark:/81431/p3d54z
  • ark:/81431/p3jq1k
  • ark:/81431/p3x921n43

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9960744963503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9967345143503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969030133503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969133963503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969651063503681
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9975805693503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1818
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1858
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1870
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2734
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 691
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 693
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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colenda:81431-p35x25c6h
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