Kuṇḍakalpadruma, circa 1700-1850.
कुण्डकल्पद्रुम

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mādhava.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sacrifice--Hinduism.

Sacrifice.

Hindu architecture.

Hindu astronomy.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

diagrams

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 180

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Seventeenth-century mathematician and astronomer.

Summary:

Manuscript is a manual or guide for use by a priest or ritual specialist, giving instructions for the construction of a sacrificial pit (kuṇḍa) and arena. Contains multiple diagrams and astrological charts.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in upper left verso throughout.

Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

Non-Latin script record.

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 4812 (UP 180).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 180

OCLC:

820002304