Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1655: Tithinirṇayasindhu
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Title from colophon (f. 13r); alternate title Tithinirṇaya from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-13, [i], upper left and lower right verso.
Scribe is Govinda, son of Śrīdhara (f. 13r).
Dated saṃvat 1661 (1604) (f. 13r).
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 line.
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1655
9968148903503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/932230681
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6814890
Treatise on Hindu law (dharma) regarding Hindu astronomy (jyotiṣa) and mathematics, examining and considering the nature of a day (tithi) and how it should be calculated within broader cosmological systems, and rites and ceremonies.
In Sanskrit
Tithinirṇayasindhu
तिथिनिर्णयसिन्धु
scribe
Govinda (Son of Śrīdhara)
former owner
Godajośī Dhātoṇḍa
Colophon: iti tithinirṇayasiṃdhuḥ samāptim agamat // (f. 13r).
paper
1 item (14 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm
Formerly owned by Godajośī Dhātoṇḍa (f. 13r). The name Dhātoṇḍa may suggest that the manuscript comes from a village in the Punjab region of India with that name or that the former owner originally comes from the district. There is also a reference to Kāśī (Varāṇasī) in the post-colophon text (f. 13r), possibly suggesting that the owner, originally from the Punjab, had settled in Varāṇasī when the manuscript was written.
Dharma--Early works to 1800
Hindu law--Early works to 1800
Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800
Hindu astrology--Early works to 1800
Hindu astronomy--Early works to 1800
Mathematics--India--Early works to 1800
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
Manuscripts--India--17th century