Śīghrabodha, 1825; शीघ्रबोध,१८२५

Name:

Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya

Date:

1825

Description:

Manuscript is a treatise used for consultation and study and is an astrological text used by a priest or householder to divine future events that will affect specific details of a person's life (pañjika or astrological almanac); contains discussions of planetary movements and other themes.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Astronomy; Divination; Hindu astrology; Divination -- India; Hindu astronomy; Astronomy -- India; Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (47 leaves) : paper; 14 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 47r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 47 leaves foliated 1-47, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkāśināthabhaṭṭācāryaviractie śīghrabodhahoḍācakracaturthaprakaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptam // (f. 47r).; Dated saṃvat 1882 (1825) (f. 47r).; 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 Item 1770

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts