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Grahalāghava, 1859. = ग्रहलाघव, १८५९.

Author/Creator:
Gaṇeśadaivajña, active 1520-1554.
Publication:
1859.
१८५९.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (24 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1791
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Other Title:
Laghucintāmaṇi
Subjects:
Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
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.
Notes:
Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Laghucintāmaṇi supplied by cataloger.
Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīsakalāgamācāryavaryaśrīkeśavasāṃvatsarātmajagaṇeśaviracite siddhāṃtarahasye grahalāghave upasaṃhādhikāro 'ṣṭā[?]daśaḥ // 18 // (f. 24r).
Dated śaka 1781 (1859) (f. 24r).
Scribe is Śivarāma Jośipañcyanadikara (f. 24r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
A single wooden board supports the manuscript.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4687 (UP 1791).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1791.
Contributor:
Jośipañcyanadikara, Śivarāma, scribe.
OCLC:
942008911