Grahalāghava, circa 1700-1850; ग्रहलाघव,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Gaṇeśadaivajña, active 1520-1554

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a treatise on Hindu astronomy and mathematics and deals with the prediction and divination of events that affect the course of human life. A space for an astronomical table was created, but table was not drawn (f. 2v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Hindu astronomy; Hindu astrology; Hindu mathematics; Divination -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 12 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 3r).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīsakalāgamācāryavaryaśrīkeśavasaṃvatsarātmagaṇeśasūriviracite grahalāghavāsiddhāṃtarahasye madhyamādhivagaraḥ prathamaḥ // (f. 3r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black lines.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 699

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts