Bhūmivarga, circa 1700-1850; भूमिवर्ग,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Treatise on various kinds of classifications (varga) such as land divisions, cities, mountains, and caste. Commentary runs above and below the lines of each line of the root text. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Cities and towns -- India; Cities and towns; Mountains -- India; Mountains; Caste

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (116 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from incipit (internal colophon) (f. 4r).; Written in 5 lines per leaf.; 116 leaves foliated 4-119, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti bhūmivargaḥ // (f. 4v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks of Gior Magnani and 220.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2694

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts