
The Jewel of Annual Astrology : A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra's <i>Hāyanaratna</i>
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The Jewel of Annual Astrology : A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra's Hāyanaratna
Author:
Gansten, Martin
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9789004433717
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Publication Information:
Brill 2020
Physical Description:
1 electronic resource (1044 p.)
Abstract:
The Jewel of Annual Astrology is an encyclopaedic treatise on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology, dealing particularly with the casting an interpretation of anniversary horoscopes. Authored in 1649 CE by Balabhadra Daivajña, court astrologer to Shāh Shujāʻ - Governor of Bengal and second son of the Mughal emperor Shāh Jahān - it casts light on the historical development of the Tājika school by extensive quotations from earlier works spanning five centuries. Readership: Anyone interested in the history of Indian astrology, the transmission of horoscopic astrology generally, the Indian reception of Perso-Arabic astral sciences, or intellectual history in early modern South Asia.
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