Grahalāghava, circa 1700-1850; ग्रहलाघव,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Gaṇeśadaivajña, active 1520-1554

Date:

1700

Description:

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. Includes tables with numbers and characters.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 13 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 14-17 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-4, 6, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in red or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts