Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a treatise on Hindu astronomy and mathematics and deals with the prediction and divination of events that affect the course of human life, including some astronomical tables with numbers.
Title from colophon (f. 12v); alternate title Laghucintāmaṇi supplied by cataloger.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsakalāgamācāryakeśavasāṃvatsarātmajagagaṇeśadaivajaviracite grahalāghave siddhāṃtarahasye sūryagrahaṇādhikāraḥ // (f. 10v).; Dated after 1822 based on watermark (f. 1).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple red line; tables in double red lines.; Watermarks of J & T Jellyman, 1822, and a coat of arms of Britannia.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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