Keśvapaddhati udāharaṇa, 1754; केशवपद्धति उदाहरण,१७५४

Name:

Prabhākara, Viśvanāthaśāstrī

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1754

Description:

Manuscript is a commentary on the Jātakapaddhati, an astrological treatise and manual dealing with previous births by Keśava Daivajña. The manuscript contains many tables, some of them with numbers and letters and some left blank. There is a drawing of a man sitting cross-legged with a sword at his side (f. 36v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Keśavācārya Daivajña, active 16th century. Jātakapaddhati; Hindu astrology -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (39 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.; 39 leaves foliated 1-39, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated saṃvat 1811 (1754) (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; many corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts