Jñānamañjarī, 1868.

Abstract:

Manuscript is possibly a pañjika (astrological almanac) for the purpose of interpreting and making predictions related to someone's life based on Hindu astronomy and mathematics. Contains a number of tables and charts containing numbers and letters for the purpose of predictions.

Creator:

Rṣiśarman.

Timespan:

India.

Date:

1868

Identifier:

9968777493503681; (OCoLC)ocn938681316; (OCoLC)938681316; (PU)6877749-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Dates of saṃvat 1935 and 1937 (1878 and 1880) from former owners (f. 23v).

Subject:

Hindu astrology.; Mathematics.; Mathematics -- India.; Hindu astronomy.; Tables (documents); Manuscripts.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper; 21 x 16 cm

Rights:

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Notes:

Dated saṃvat 1925 (1868) (f. 22v); there is an embossed seal with the date of 1867 on it (f. 17v); Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Title from colophon (f. 22v).; Written in 18-21 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-22, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīṛṣiśarmacāryaviracitāyāṃ jñānamaṃjaryyāṃ akṣaraprśnavidyā samāptaḥ // l - maṃ - jī saṃ - 1925 (f. 22v).; Bound as a codex with string and a paper binding using an adhesive.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.