Dvādaśabhāvavicāra
ms_coll_390item_1911 · University of Pennsylvania
Introduction
About this Manuscript
The manuscript is about jyotiṣa (astrology). It explains the effects of planets based on their positions in the twelve houses of the birth chart. The manuscript specifically discusses the verious Bhāva like Tanu Bhāva, Dhana Bhāva, Śarīra Bhāva, and Mṛtyu Bhāva, and describes how each planet influences a zodiac sign according to its placement from the 1st to the 12th house. There is a diagram of a 6-petaled lotus flower which is showing 12 placess of planets. Short forms of planet names is written inside the flower as well as a small table with numbers and characters.Title is taken from colophon (f. 2b). The manuscript is written in 18-19 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves are foliated 1–2, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Dvādaśabhāvavicāra |
| Repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| Reference Number | ms_coll_390item_1911 |
| Collection | Collection of Indic Manuscripts |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Hindu Astronomy, Hindu Astrology, Devination, Jyotiṣaśāstra. |
| Date | 1700–1850 |
| Place of Origin | United States of America |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |