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Title

Kālanirṇaya
कालनिर्णय

Authors

• Mādhava, -1386

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1663
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968212363503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/932463730
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6821236

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a philosophical discussion of time and the rules (Hindu law, dharma) that govern the performance of various religious observances, especially Vedic rituals.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 175r); alternate title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
   
• 175 leaves foliated 1-175, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1853 and śaka 1717 (1795) (f. 175r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and black lines.
   

Extent

1 item (175 leaves) : 14 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmādhavīye kālanirṇaye nakṣatrādi nirṇayākhyaṃ pamcamaṃ prakaraṇaṃ samāptam śubham astū (f. 175r).

Subjects topical

• Dharma--Early works to 1800
• Hindu law--Early works to 1800
• Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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