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Bhāsvatī-sūtra manuscript preview

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Bhāsvatī-sūtra

eap_10231034

The manuscript contains the Bhāsvatīkaraṇa, an astronomical treatise belonging to the tradition of Indian Siddhānta astronomy. The opening verses attribute the work to Sa...

Ṣoḍaśa-daśāyāka-parīkṣā manuscript preview

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Ṣoḍaśa-daśāyāka-parīkṣā

eap_10231027

On the basis of the extant text, the manuscript may be provisionally identified as a divinatory manual concerned with the examination of yogas and prognostic conditions t...

Phalita Jyotiṣa manuscript preview

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Phalita Jyotiṣa

eap_10231026

The manuscript belongs to the tradition of Jyotiṣa (Indian astrology) and deals primarily with astrological prognostication (Phalita Jyotiṣa). The extant text discusses t...

Sahadeva Jyotiṣa or Sahadeva Śakuna manuscript preview

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Sahadeva Jyotiṣa or Sahadeva Śakuna

eap_67601022

The quoted passage appears to derive from the tradition of Sahadeva Jyotiṣa or Sahadeva Śakuna, a popular branch of predictive and omen-based literature traditionally att...

Vyavahāra-pradīpa manuscript preview

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Vyavahāra-pradīpa

eap_67601020

The manuscript appears to belong primarily to the tradition of Jyotiṣa, especially dealing with horoscopy (horā), muhūrta (auspicious timing), and ritual practice. The ex...

Kāka-parīkṣā manuscript preview

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Kāka-parīkṣā

eap_67601016

The manuscript appears to be a composite astrological and omenological compendium containing materials related to Jyotiṣa, Śakuna-śāstra, and Praśna-vicāra. The opening v...

Praśna Pradīpa manuscript preview

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Praśna Pradīpa

eap_79021019

This is a Jyotiśa text Praśna Pradīpa or Praśnadīpa or Praśnagehadīpa composed by Kāśīnātha in 14 chapters. The manuscripts describes only five chapters including; f.2 Sū...

Praśnapradīpa manuscript preview

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Praśnapradīpa

eap_79011013

This manuscript is a Jyotiṣa text which is heavily damaged. It is hacked off from the left side, due to rodent infestation. It appears to be the work Praśnapradīpa/ Praśn...

Jyotiṣa Ratnamālā Muhurta Prakaraṇa manuscript preview

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Jyotiṣa Ratnamālā Muhurta Prakaraṇa

eap_79011006

Jyotiṣa Ratnamālā Muhurta Prakaraṇa is a Jyotiṣa text. The title is present in the last colophon. This manuscript lacks the first folio. Some folios have water damage whi...

Jyotiṣa Graha related manuscript manuscript preview

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Jyotiṣa Graha related manuscript

eap_79011005

This manuscript is an unknown Jyotiṣa text. It lacks a beginning and an ending. The manuscript is in fairly good condition as damage is located mostly in the frames of th...

Rajograha Dvādaśa Rāśi manuscript preview

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Rajograha Dvādaśa Rāśi

eap_79011004

Rajograha Dvādaśa Rāśi title present in the colophon. This Ms. is complete, it has all the folios present. The text is centered around Rāśi-s the 12 Zodiac signs, the num...