Golādhyāya, circa 1700-1850; गोलाध्याय,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bhāskarācārya, 1114-1185

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a geometrical and astronomical treatise from the Siddhāntaśiromaṇi, on calculating the size of spheres and various geological formations. Considers the earth to be round. There are small diagrams with numbers written inside near the end of the manuscript. Manuscript lacks an ending and has confusing foliation with some leaves being foliated with two or three different numerical sequences.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (117 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit.; Written in 5-14 lines per leaf.; 117 leaves foliated 1, 1-82, 78-86, 91-115, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīsidhāṃtaśiromaṇivāsanāṃ bhāṣyomitākṣare golādhyāye ituvarṇanaṃ nāmādhyaya athapradhyāyovyakhyāyate // (f. 109v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1813

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts