University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1786

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DS ID:

DS8876

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1786

Title:

Bṛhajjātaka

Author:

Varāhamihira, 505-587

Varāhamihira WIKIDATA

Date:

1777.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 17 x 32 cm

Note:

Dated saṃvat 1834 (1777) (f. 23v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Title from colophon (f. 23v).
Colophon: iti śrīāvaṃtikācārya śrīvarāhamiharaviracite bṛhajjātakopasaṃhārādhyāyaḥ 18 saṃvat 1834 māsa aṣāṭakṛṣṇapakṣanaumyā 9 (f. 23v).
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Written in 13 lines per leaf.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

manuals (instructional materials)

Divination

Hindu astrology

Hindu astronomy

Early works

India

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9968894443503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3t539/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania