Sūryasiddhānta, circa 1700-1850; सूर्यसिद्धान्त,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Opening of an astrological treatise presented as if it were direct revelation from the Sun (Sūrya). There is an unidentified commentary running parallel above and below the root text. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Sūrya (Hindu deity); Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

Sun -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Sun

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Several folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts