Varṣaviveka, circa 1700-1850; वर्षविवेक,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used as a kind of manual and horoscope for predicting the future based on Hindu and especially early Vedic systems of astronomy. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 13 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 18r).; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 5-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmaddaivajñānaṃtasutanīlakaṃṭhaviracite varṣaphale varṣaviveke māsaphalādhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ cedraṃ varṣaphale varṣavivekākhyaṃ prakaraṇam // śubham astu // (f. 18r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse markers indicated 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts