Varṣaviveka, circa 1700-1850.
वर्षविवेक

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa, active 17th century.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Divination.

Astronomy.

India.

Hindu astrology.

Hindu astronomy.

Astronomy--India.

Divination--India.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 651

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used as a kind of manual and horoscope for predicting the future based on Hindu and especially early Vedic systems of astronomy. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 18r).

Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.

14 leaves foliated 5-18, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmaddaivajñānaṃtasutanīlakaṃṭhaviracite varṣaphale varṣaviveke māsaphalādhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ // samāptaṃ cedraṃ varṣaphale varṣavivekākhyaṃ prakaraṇam // śubham astu // (f. 18r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse markers indicated in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 5006 (UP 651).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 651

OCLC:

861292846