Kalpalatā, circa 1700-1850; कल्पलता,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Veṅkaṭapāṭhaka (scribe)

Name:

Somadaivajña (Son of Rudrabhaṭṭa)

Date:

1700

Description:

Astrological treatise dealing with signs associated with various planets, stations (nakṣatra) through which the moon passes, and more. Possible a commentary related to a work by Jaimini. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 10 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 28v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 17-28, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrījalagrāmakāsirudrabhaṭṭātmajasomadaivajñaviracitākalpalatāsamāptā // (f. 28v).; 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.; Scribe is Veṅkaṭapāṭhaka, who lived in Naḍasipur, possibly in Karnatika (f. 28v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1896

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts