University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1830

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS8922

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1830

Title:

Bālabodha

Author:

Muñjāditya

Date:

circa 1768-1839.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 8 x 22 cm

Note:

Colophon: iti tīmuṃjādityena viracitaṃ jyotiśāstrabālabodhakakhyāsārasaṃgrahasamāptaḥ // śubham astu sa[ṃ]vat śake vilaṃnābāmasaṃvatsare jyeṣṭakṛṣṇā 10 bhṛgudine likhyāt // śukrodayaphalaṃ (f. 22r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant characters, numbers, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Title from colophon (f. 22r).
Dated on the year Vilaṃnābāma most likely equivalent to the years 1838-1839 or possibly 1768-1769 based on the condition of the manuscript. The saṃvat and śaka dates are not written though the words are written.
22 leaves foliated 1-21, [22], upper left and lower right verso.
Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

treatises

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu astrology

Divination

India

Hindu astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9969071763503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3v23k/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania