Saṃketakaumudī, circa 1700-1850; संकेतकौमुदी,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Saṅketakaumudi

Name:

Harināthācarya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for astrological predictions and divination and dealing with the transition of the sun, the moon, the earth, and other heavenly bodies. A diagram and table of numbers and characters related to calculations about planetary movements is at the end of the manuscript (f. 7v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Also known as Harinātha.; Title from internal colophon (f. 3r); alternate title Saṅketakaumudi supplied by cataloger.; Written in 15-17 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīharināthācāryakṛtāyāṃ saṃketakaumudyāṃ bhāvaprakaraṇe caṃdrabhāvonāmadvitīyodhyāyaḥ // 2 // (f. 3r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1864

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts