⚠The image depicts the red cloth cover (basta) of a manuscript. It contains an identification label from a library and a faint handwritten shelf mark on the right side of the fabric.

Shree Raghunath Sanskrit Research Institute Library,

Jammu

No. 826 - Gha original: ८२६ - घ; the character 'Gha' is a classification marker used in the library's filing system.
Title The Lamp of Birth original: जन्म प्रदीपः (Janma Pradīpaḥ). In Sanskrit, Janma means birth and Pradīpa means a lamp or light. This title suggests the text is intended to illuminate the path of an individual's life through astrology. ............................................................
Author ............................................................
Extent 8 original: ८; this refers to the number of individual leaves or folios making up the manuscript. .................................................. Age .....................
Subject Astrology original: ज्योतिषम् (Jyotiṣam); the traditional Indian study of celestial bodies and their influence on human affairs.

829 This number is written directly onto the red fabric cover, differing slightly from the number 826 found on the paper label.