Tithinirṇaya, circa 1700-1850; तिथिनिर्णय,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita

Date:

1700

Description:

Treatise on Hindu astronomy (jyotiṣa) and mathematics, examining and considering the nature of a day (tithi) and how it should be calculated within broader cosmological systems.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lingas (Śaivism); Mathematics; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Mathematics -- India; Lingas (Śaivism) -- Pictorial works; Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) Art; Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Pictorial works; Treatises; Watermarks; Drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Illustrated works; Art; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (29 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Lakṣmīdhara (f. 29r).; Title from colophon (f. 29r).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadavākyapramāṇajñaśrīlakṣṃīdharasūreḥ sūnunābhaṭṭojIdīkṣitena viracitaḥ tithinirṇayaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 29r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. There is a drawing of the deity Gaṇeśa at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1r).; Watermark of a coat of arms with the letters G.F.P.; Single wooden board with beveled edges supports manuscript. There is an ink drawing of a Śaiva temple with liṅga and surrounded by trees on the inner side facing toward manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1639

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts