1700–1850

Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti (commentary on Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa.)

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Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Hindu Astronomy Hindu Astrology
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_1844
Language Sanskrit
Date 1700–1850

About this Manuscript

The work Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti is a commentary by Nārāyaṇasāmudrika or Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, (1725 CE) on the work Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa by Samarasiṃha. The Commentator is the son of Mādhava Śrīgrāmakara of Kāśyapa gotra, a Cittapāvana brahmin. Text starts on (f.1b). The text consists different chapters combination of planets, signs, and houses in a horoscope that create unique, often life-altering outcomes. It has chapters (Adhikaraṇa) first Adhikaraṇa(32 verses) (f.1b–3a), Ṣodaśayogādhikār (18verses )(f.3a–6a), Sahamādhikāra (7 verses) (f.6a–6b), Niṣedhikāra (7 verses) ((f.6b–7b), Ariṣtādhikāra(33 verses) (f.7b–10b), Nirṇayādhikāra(9 verses) (f.10b–11a), Śarirādhikāra (7 verses) (f.11a–11b), Āyurdayādhikāra (18 verses) (11b–13b), Daśādhikāra (12 verses) (13b–14b), Nidhanādhikāra (5 verses) (f.14b –15a), Doṣādhikāra (54 verses)(f.15a –18b), Prakṛtyādhikāra (23 verses) (f.18b –20a), Karmapratyavadhikāra (37 verses) (f.20a–23a), last chapter is incomplete so manuscript is incomplete. (f.1a) is not connected to the main text. Title taken from marginal abbreviations. Written in 13 lines per leaf. 24 leaves foliated 1–24, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red lines.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Karmaprakāśikāvṛtti (commentary on Tājikatantrasāra or Karmaprakāśa.)
Alternative Titles Tājikatantrasāra, Karmaprakāśa, Gaṇakabhūṣaṇa, Manuṣyajātaka
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_1844
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

Subjects & Keywords

Hindu Astronomy Hindu Astrology Devination Jyotiṣaśāstra.