An Astrological-Magical Protection Text: Procedure to Appease Those Who Seize

NEPAL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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An Astrological-Magical Protection Text: Procedure to Appease Those Who Seize
Nepal, 18th/19th Century
Leporello manuscript on yellow-stained native paper with textual pages written in two hands, one in 9 lines alternating in red and black ink, and one in 11 lines in black ink; including five color miniatures, two cameos of serpents, and a number of yantra diagrams
4½ x 11.5 in. (11.5 x 29 cm.)

Lot Essay

The Graha Santi Vidhi details how to avoid the malefic influences of demons, which attack children at certain stages of their life through computational charts. In this version there are two pages of text dealing with each graha. The Eight Matrika (Mother) Goddesses are invoked to appease the demons. For a detailed study of this type of text, see Ian Alsop's description of some leaves in the Zimmerman collection, Art of the Himalayas, 1991, pp. 43-44 and 193.

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