Sūryasiddhānta, circa 1700-1850; सूर्यसिद्धान्त,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Viśvanātha Daivajña

Date:

1700

Description:

Astrological treatise presented as if it were direct revelation from the Sun (Sūrya). There are some diagrams containing numbers. Manuscript is divided into two parts.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Sūrya (Hindu deity); Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

treatises; diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (232 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Geographic Subject:

Sun -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Sun

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Divākara Daivajña (f. 212v).; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 5-9 lines per leaf.; 232 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-19, (Part 2) 1-61, [i], 62-212, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. There is a plant pressed in the manuscript (Part 2, between f. 31 and f. 32).; A board made of papier mâché supports the manuscript and is painted with orange, yellow, and green paint.; Colophon: iti śrīdivākaradaivajñātmajaśrīviśvanāthadaivajñaviracite sūryasiddhāṃtasodāharadāharaṇayākhyāne gahanārthaprakāśike vojaśādhanādhyāyaḥ samāptaśrāyaṃ graṃthaḥ // (f. 212v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1834

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts