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|| Now Begins the Sarvartha Chintamani ||

original: "Sarvartha Chintamani" translates to "The Wishing-Gem of All Purposes." It is a foundational 13th-century Sanskrit treatise on predictive astrology (Jyotisha) composed by Venkatesha Sharma.

It is traditional in Sanskrit manuscripts to begin with an invocation to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, to ensure the successful completion of the work.

Stamp: Sadhu Kirti, Banaras

This stamp identifies the manuscript as formerly belonging to the collection of Sadhu Kirti in Varanasi (Banaras), a city historically central to Indian astronomical and astrological scholarship.