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oapen-20.500.12657-425402020-10-14T00:40:49Z The Jewel of Annual Astrology Gansten, Martin Daivajña, Balabhadra Fortune-telling & divination bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VX Mind, Body, Spirit::VXF Fortune-telling & divination 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. 2020-10-13T12:28:31Z 2020-10-13T12:28:31Z 2020 book ONIX_20201013_9789004433717_12 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42540 eng Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9789004433717.pdf https://brill.com/abstract/title/57015 Brill BRILL 10.1163/9789004433717 10.1163/9789004433717 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 BRILL 19 1044 open access
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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.
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