Samarasāraṭīkā, circa 1659-1759.

Abstract:

Hindu astrological treatise and commentary on Rāmacandra's Samarasāra, a manual for making predictions about war and battles. Contains tables with numbers and Sanskrit characters, and a drawing of a cosmic snake (f. 16v).

Creator:

Bharata Muni.

Timespan:

India.

Date:

1659

Identifier:

9969032343503681; (OCoLC)ocn944529515; (OCoLC)944529515; (PU)6903234-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

War -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Snakes -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Divination -- India -- Early works to 1800.; War -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800.; Snakes -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800.; Hindu astrology -- Early works to 1800.; Hindu astrology.; Hindu astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Hindu astronomy.; Divination.; Manuscripts.; Commentaries.; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises.; Drawings (visual works); Tables (documents); Watermarks.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 21 x 11 cm

Personal Name:

Rāmacandra,; Sadāśiva, scribe.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 32r).; Scribe is Sadāśiva (f. 32r).; Watermarks of a coat of arms.; Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.; 30 leaves foliated 1-28, 31-32, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or crossed out with black or red; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Dated śaka 1581 or possibly 1681 (f. 32r), corresponding to 1659 or 1759.; Colophon: iti śrīrāmavājapeyīkṛtamūle bharatakṛata ṭīkāyāṃ sarvopakartārājñāṃvijayapradoyaṃ samarasāraḥ svarārthyapūrṇaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 31r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.