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Sāriṇī, circa 1700-1850.
सारिणी

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 702
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Language:
Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 702
Place of Publication:
  • circa 1700-1850.
  • १७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a kind of manual of astronomical tables for daily consultations regarding planetary alignment and movements affecting human life.
Notes:
  • Title from title page (f. 1r).
  • Written in 8-10 rows of each table per leaf.
  • 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Internal incipit: iti tithi koṣṭakaḥ na[kṣatra]ko[ṣṭhakā] [/] atha nakṣatrakoṣṭhakāḥ vā[rādi] prāraṃbhāḥ [hāraḥ] (f. 7r).
  • Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical and horizontal lines of tables drawn with both single and double red lines.
  • Outer wrapping of text has notes and titles of five other manuscripts that were once housed with this manuscript. These manuscripts are numbered "No. 47" through to "No. 51"; the last of which corresponds to this 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 5171 (UP 702).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 702
OCLC:
867641380

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