Compendium of the Essence of Astrology (1868) - Page 8

⚠The page contains very faint, mostly illegible text that appears to be bleed-through from the reverse side. Only the institutional library stamp is clearly readable.

[Approximately 12-15 lines of extremely faded script, appearing to be bleed-through ink from the other side of the paper showing through from the reverse side of the page. The text is written in Devanagari but is too faint to be deciphered reliably.] ?

Ranbir Library

original: "Ranbir Pustakalaya"

258

These are handwritten accession numbers used by the library for cataloging the manuscript.

Lord Shri Raghunath

original: "Shri Raghunath Ji." This refers to the Shri Raghunath Temple in Jammu, where this library is located.

The purple star-shaped stamp centered on this page is the official seal of the Ranbir Library (also known as the Shri Raghunath Temple Manuscript Library). Founded by Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir in the 19th century, this library houses one of the most significant collections of Sanskrit manuscripts in India. The presence of this stamp confirms the manuscript's provenance the record of ownership used to guide authentication as part of the royal Jammu collection.