The Jewel of Annual Astrology: A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra's Hāyanaratna - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Martin GanstenSeries:Sir Henry Wellcome AsianTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Middle Eastern, Topical/New AgePublish date:8/6/2020Pages:1030
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004426658ISBN-10:9004426655UPC:9789004426658Book Category:Mind, Body, Spirit, HistoryBook Subcategory:Divination, Asia, Middle EastBook Topic:Fortune TellingSize:9.40 x 6.20 x 2.20 inchesWeight:2.179Product ID:SCS8XK52NF
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 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.
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.
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004426658ISBN-10:9004426655UPC:9789004426658Book Category:Mind, Body, Spirit, HistoryBook Subcategory:Divination, Asia, Middle EastBook Topic:Fortune TellingSize:9.40 x 6.20 x 2.20 inchesWeight:2.179Product ID:SCS8XK52NF
Martin Gansten, Ph.D. (2003), Lund University, is a Sanskritist and historian of religion specializing in Indic religions as well as the global transmission history of horoscopic astrology.
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