The jewel of annual astrology : a parallel Sanskrit-English critical edition of Balabhadra's Hāyanaratna / by Balabhadra Daivajña ; translated and edited by Martin Gansten.
"The Jewel of Annual Astrology is an encyclopaedic treatise on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology, dealing particularly with the casting and interpretation of anniversary horoscopes. Authored in 1649 CE by Balabhadra Daivajña, court astrologer to Shāh Shujā' - governor of Bengal...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English Sanskrit |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2020.
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| Series: | Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ;
19. Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | "The Jewel of Annual Astrology is an encyclopaedic treatise on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology, dealing particularly with the casting and interpretation of anniversary horoscopes. Authored in 1649 CE by Balabhadra Daivajña, court astrologer to Shāh Shujā' - 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. With this first-ever scholarly edition and translation of a Tājika text, Martin Gansten makes a significant contribution not only to the study of an important but little known knowledge tradition, but also to the intellectual historiography of Asia and the transmission of horoscopic astrology in the medieval and early modern periods"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004426655 9789004426658 9004433716 9789004433717 |