Amṛt sāgar grant, circa 1700-1850.
अमृत् सागर् ग्रन्थ्

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Vaidyadevīcandra.

Language:

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Ayurvedic.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

tables (documents)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (649 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2635

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Son of Pratāpasiṃha.

Summary:

Medical treatise and manual, meant for consultation on diseases, plant remedies, and more. Magic square tables, all lines adding to one sum (f. 189r, 482v).

Notes:

Title from fifth line of text (f. 1r).

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

649 leaves foliated 1-649, upper left and lower right verso.

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

Wooden boards above and below manuscript; one has lined paper glued to it, the other has a mantra written on it.

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 5757 (UP 2635).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2635.

OCLC:

971554820