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Grahalāghava, circa 1700-1850.
ग्रहलाघव

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1843
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Language:
Sanskrit
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Physical Description:
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1843
Place of Publication:
  • circa 1700-1850.
  • १७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
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. Includes tables with numbers and characters.
Notes:
  • Title from title abbreviations in margins.
  • Written in 14-17 lines per leaf.
  • 5 leaves foliated 1-4, 6, upper left and lower right verso.
  • Mistakes covered over in red or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers 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 5211 (UP 1843).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1843.
OCLC:
945667378

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