Kautukalīlāvatī, circa 1700-1850
कौतुकलीलावती, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise from the Siddhāntaśiromaṇi, on astrology and mathematics as derived from planetary movements and used for predictions about a marriage ceremony. There is a small table drawn with diagonal lines with numbers and characters written inside of them as well as two columns with headings for candra and sūrya nakṣatras, that is, the constellations through which the moon and sun pass (f. 4v). Manuscript is incomplete.
Creator
Bhāskarācārya, 1114-1185
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
tables (documents)
diagrams
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Hindu astrology
Hindu astronomy
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 12 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-2, 4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kautukalilāvatī samāptaṃ (f. 4v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases and numbers highlighted in red.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1861
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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