Tithinirṇaya, 1741; तिथिनिर्णय,१७४१

Contributor:

Narahari Bhaṭṭa Śevaḍe (scribe)

Name:

Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita

Date:

1741

Description:

Treatise on Hindu astronomy (jyotiṣa) and mathematics, examining and considering the nature of a day (tithi) and how it should be calculated within broader cosmological systems.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Mathematics; Hindu astronomy; Mathematics -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (42 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Lived in Maharashtra in the 17th century A.D. and is the son of Lakṣmīdharasūri (f. 41v).; Title from colophon (f. 41v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 42 leaves foliated 1-41, [42], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadavākyapramāṇajñaśrīlakṣmīdharasūreḥ sūnunā bhaṭṭojīdīkṣitena viracitas tithinirṇayaḥ samāptaḥ // narahariṇālikhitaṃ (f. 41v).; Dated saṃvat 1798 caitrasudi 7 (Friday, March 24, 1741) (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with single black line.; Scribe is Narahari Bhaṭṭa Śevaḍe (f. 1r and 41v), son of Raghunātha and Sarasvatī Śevaḍe.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2417

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts