Samarasāraṭīkā, circa 1659-1759; समरसारटीका,१६५९-१७५९

Contributor:

Sadāśiva (scribe)

Name:

Bharata Muni

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1659

Description:

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).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Snakes -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; War -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Divination; Rāmacandra, Somayāji. Samarasāra Early works to 1800; Hindu astrology -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India -- Early works to 1800; War -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800; Snakes -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Drawings (visual works); Tables (documents); Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 32r).; Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.; 30 leaves foliated 1-28, 31-32, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrāmavājapeyīkṛtamūle bharatakṛata ṭīkāyāṃ sarvopakartārājñāṃvijayapradoyaṃ samarasāraḥ svarārthyapūrṇaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 31r).; Dated śaka 1581 or possibly 1681 (f. 32r), corresponding to 1659 or 1759.; 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.; Scribe is Sadāśiva (f. 32r).; Watermarks of a coat of arms.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1826

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts