Prastāraprabhākaragrantha, circa 1700-1850; प्रस्तारप्रभाकरग्रन्थ, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Astrological work in Hindi including several tables of calculations of predictions and planetary movements. Some tables arranged as a pyramid are meant to represent Mount Meru in the Himalayas.

Language:

Hindi; Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Mountains -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); treatises; tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 14 x 30 cm

Geographic Subject:

Himalaya Mountains; Himalaya Mountains

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: yai pura iti amṛtasaranagare śubhaṃ śuyataleṣakapāṭyo (f. 8v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Hindi and Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2611

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts