The Lamp of Birth (1800) - Page 3

⚠Strong bleed-through from the reverse side of the leaf makes a dense block of Devanagari text visible through the paper. This background text is illegible and belongs to the opposite side. Only the sharp, dark ink inscriptions in the top-left corner and the center are transcribed as the primary content of this page.

No. 829 Su The Lamp of Birth Four-part (?)? Astrological treatise complete? original: Jyotiṣa Nibandha Pūrṇa. Jyotiṣa refers to the traditional Indian system of astronomy and astrology; a Nibandha is a scholarly compilation or treatise that gathers various teachings into a single volume.

The Lamp of Birth, Page 9

original: Janmapradīpaḥ Pa. 9. The abbreviation "Pa." stands for Patra, meaning leaf or folio. Although the previous flyleaf noted 8 folios, this leaf is physically numbered as the ninth.

315

This number likely refers to the entry in a larger collection or library catalog rather than the page number of the specific work itself.

Janmapradīpa: Literally "The Lamp of Birth." In the Vedic tradition of horoscopy (Jātaka), such texts "illuminate" the path of a soul based on the planetary positions at the exact moment of birth.