Laghucintāmaṇi, circa 1700-1850; लघुचिन्तामणि,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Gaṇeśadaivajña, active 1520-1554

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual and is associated with a larger a treatise on Hindu astronomy and mathematics. The work is comprised primarily of astrological tables used in predictive calculations and divination of events that affect the course of a person's life. The manuscript is divided into two parts.; Nakṣatra kośtika (f. 1v-15r) -- Yogakośtika (f. 15r-23r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper; 16 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; borders of tables are marked with double red line. Title page has small swastikas drawn around the title within a red border.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts