Kautukalīlāvatī, circa 1700-1850; कौतुकलीलावती,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Bhāskarācārya, 1114-

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise from the Siddhāntaśiromaṇi, on astrology and mathematics as derived from planetary movements and used for predictions about a marriage ceremony. There is a small table drawn with diagonal lines with numbers and characters written inside of them as well as two columns with headings for candra and sūrya nakṣatras, that is, the constellations through which the moon and sun pass (f. 4v). Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).; Written in 12 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-2, 4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti kautukalilāvatī samāptaṃ (f. 4v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases and numbers highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts