Aṣṭakavargasṛṣṭi, circa 1700-1850; अष्टकवर्गसृष्टि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a kind of manual and treatise on astronomy and mathematics. An astronomical table appears on the front and back of the final folio (f. 3) of the manuscript.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from note at the end of manuscript in second scribal hand (f. 3v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1, [2-3], upper left and lower right verso.; Explicit: kaṣṭam arthakṣayaḥ kleśaḥ samapārthasutāgamaḥ // dhanāptiḥ sukham iṣṭāptir iti rekhāphale kramāt // 21 // (f. 2r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts