Details

Subjects:

Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Sūrya (Hindu deity).
Sun -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Sun.
Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Diagrams.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Son of Divākara Daivajña (f. 212v).

Summary:

Astrological treatise presented as if it were direct revelation from the Sun (Sūrya). There are some diagrams containing numbers. Manuscript is divided into two parts.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 5-9 lines per leaf.
232 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-19, (Part 2) 1-61, [i], 62-212, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. There is a plant pressed in the manuscript (Part 2, between f. 31 and f. 32).
A board made of papier mâché supports the manuscript and is painted with orange, yellow, and green paint.
Colophon: iti śrīdivākaradaivajñātmajaśrīviśvanāthadaivajñaviracite sūryasiddhāṃtasodāharadāharaṇayākhyāne gahanārthaprakāśike vojaśādhanādhyāyaḥ samāptaśrāyaṃ graṃthaḥ // (f. 212v).

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 4933 (UP 1834).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1834.

OCLC:

945369357