Koṣṭhakacintāmaṇi, 1797; कोष्ठचिन्तामणि,१७९७

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1797

Description:

Collection of tables (koṣṭhaka) functioning as a manual for calculating planetary movements and their joining into different astrological houses for the purpose of predicting and determining future events in a person's life.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Divination; Hindu astrology -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).; Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti sūryamahānakṣatrakoṣṭhakāri saṃkramaṇakoṣṭhakāni vasamāptāni saṃ(vat) 1854 vai - śru - 3 śanaulicīre śvaramahāta 9 (f. 12v).; Dated saṃvat 1854 (1797) (f. 12v).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; tables marked with single red lines.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1859

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts