Jñānamañjarī, 1868; ज्ञानमञ्जरी,१८६८

Name:

Rṣiśarman

Date:

1868

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

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

Subject:

Mathematics; Hindu astronomy; Hindu astrology; Mathematics -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Tables (documents); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

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).; 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.; Bound as a codex with string and a paper binding using an adhesive.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1769

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts