Chapter on Childbirth (1800) - Page 4

⚠The manuscript page is heavily soiled with dark spots and foxing. There is significant mirrored bleed-through from the text on the reverse (verso) side, which obscures the page background and makes any original text on this side beyond the main title largely illegible.

Nancori? original: "Nancori" (नन्चोरि). Likely a library classification or the name of a previous owner/collection. Chapter on Childbirth original: "Sūtikādhyāya" (सूतिकाध्याय). 1 Folio? original: "Patra" (पत्र). This marginal note may refer to this being the first page of a specific bundle, despite the scribe's "Folio 3" heading. Astrology original: "Jyotiṣa" (ज्योतिष). and likewise? Varahamihira The 6th-century Indian polymath and master of Jyotiṣa (astrology) to whom this text or its source material is attributed.

Chapter on Childbirth, Folio 3

original: "Sūtikādhyāya pa. 3" (सूतिकाध्याय प. ३). This heading identifies the third page of the treatise.

The main body of this manuscript page is heavily damaged by environmental factors. Thick dark spots and foxing, combined with severe "bleed-through"—where ink from the back of the page has soaked through to this side—make the primary astrological verses illegible for translation.