Śreḍhīvyavahāra, circa 1700-1850
श्रेढीव्यवहार, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise and an ancient textbook on mathematic as derived from planetary movements. The work, also referred to as the Vāsanābhāṣya, is possibly a commentary on the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi or, the Crown jewel of treatises, by the same author.
Creator
Bhāskarācārya, 1114-1185
Form
manuscripts (documents)
treatises
commentaries
tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Geometry
Mathematics
Astronomy
Bhāskarācārya, 1114-1185. Siddhāntaśiromaṇi
Astronomy -- India
Hindu astronomy
Hindu mathematics
Astronomy -- Mathematics
Mathematics -- India
Geometry -- India
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 28 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 14v); alternate title Vāsanābhāṣya supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhāskarācāryaviracitāyāṃ līlāvatyāṃ śreḍhīvyavahāraś caturthaḥ // (f. 14v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; small graphs and charts with numbers and calculations found throughout the manuscript.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pn8xf2r
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 649
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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