Catalogue of Jyotisa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library : Sanskrit Astral and Mathematical Literature / David Pingree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pingree, David, 1933-2005, author.

Series:

Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ; Volume 2.

Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2004.

Summary:

The renowned Wellcome Library houses a number of - often literally - unique and rare Sanskrit and Indian vernacular manuscripts, collected by Sir Henry Wellcome himself in the early twentieth century. The present catalogue by David Pingree is the first guide to the important Wellcome collection of manuscripts containing texts on jyotihsastra, which includes astronomy, mathematics, divination and astrology, and covering well over a thousand manuscripts. Descriptions feature information, e.g., on scribes, owners and their families, thus providing much that will prove useful for those studying not only Sanskrit scientific manuscripts themselves, but also their creation, distribution and preservation. A true treasure-trove.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

The catalogue

ASTRONOMY

I. SIDDHĀNTAS

II. KARAṆAS

III. KOṢṬHAKAS

IV. ECLIPSES

V. PAÑCĀṄGAS

VI. YANTRA

VII. MISCELLANEOUS

MATHEMATICS

DIVINATION

I. GENERAL

II. ASTRAL OMENS AND ANNUAL PREDICTIONS

III. ŚAKUNA

IV. SĀMUDRIKA

V. SVAPNA

VI. SVARODAYA

VII. SVARAŚĀSTRA

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS

IX. RAMALA

GENETHLIALOGY

I. JĀTAKA

II. TĀJIKA

MUHŪRTA

II. IATROMATHEMATICS

III. YĀTRĀ

IV. VIVĀHA

PRAŚNA

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

KOŚA

MAGIC

COMPOSITE MANUSCRIPTS

SŪCĪPATTRAS

Indexes

I. Authors and Interlocutors

II. Titles and Topics

III. Scribes, their Relatives, and their Gurus

IV. Owners

V. Other Persons

VI. Social and Religious Organizations

VII. Languages (other than Sanskrit)

VIII. Toponyms

IX. Dated Manuscripts

X. Horoscopes

XI. Number Concordances

Old Numbers

na/naṃ Numbers

laṃ/lamvara Numbers

In Private Collections

Concordance with Handlist I and II

XII. Shelf Location Concordance

MS Indic α (alpha)

MS Indic β (beta)

MS Indic γ (gamma)

MS Indic δ (delta)

MS Indic ∈ (epsilon)

XIII. Composite locations

THE SIR HENRY WELLCOME ASIAN SERIES.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789047412694

9047412699

OCLC:

607139167

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047412694 DOI