Tithikoṣṭhā, circa 1700-1850; तिथिस्कोष्ठा,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a kind of manual or guide book on making divinations and reading the signs of planetary movement within the context of Hindu astrology and astronomy; employed to make predictions about the upcoming year. Consists entirely of astronomical tables of numbers and letters with some descriptive content given in the far left column of each table.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 6-8 rows for each table, per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: tithikoṣṭhāsamāptāḥ (f. 5v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases in red throughout; vertical margins and table divisions 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