The Jewel of Annual Astrology
A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra’s <i>Hāyanaratna</i>
| dc.contributor.author | Gansten, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Daivajña, Balabhadra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-13T12:28:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-13T12:28:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier | ONIX_20201013_9789004433717_12 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42540 | |
| dc.description.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 Shujāʿ – 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. | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series | |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VX Mind, body, spirit::VXF Fortune-telling and divination | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Fortune-telling & divination | |
| dc.title | The Jewel of Annual Astrology | |
| dc.title.alternative | A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra’s <i>Hāyanaratna</i> | |
| dc.type | book | |
| oapen.identifier.doi | 10.1163/9789004433717 | |
| oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 | |
| oapen.imprint | BRILL | |
| oapen.series.number | 19 | |
| oapen.pages | 1044 |
