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Title

Sūryasiddhānta / सूर्यसिद्धान्त

Authors

• Viśvanātha Daivajña

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1834
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969069173503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945369357
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6906917

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Astrological treatise presented as if it were direct revelation from the Sun (Sūrya). There are some diagrams containing numbers. Manuscript is divided into two parts.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 5-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 232 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-19, (Part 2) 1-61, [i], 62-212, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. There is a plant pressed in the manuscript (Part 2, between f. 31 and f. 32).
   
• A board made of papier mâché supports the manuscript and is painted with orange, yellow, and green paint.
   

Extent

1 item (232 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīdivākaradaivajñātmajaśrīviśvanāthadaivajñaviracite sūryasiddhāṃtasodāharadāharaṇayākhyāne gahanārthaprakāśike vojaśādhanādhyāyaḥ samāptaśrāyaṃ graṃthaḥ // (f. 212v).

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Sūrya (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Treatises
• Diagrams
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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