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Samarasāraṭīkā, circa 1659-1759

Also known as समरसारटीका, १६५९-१७५९

by Bharata Muni & Sadāśiva

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Sanskrit
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Hindu astrological treatise and commentary on Rāmacandra's Samarasāra, a manual for making predictions about war and battles. Contains tables with numbers and Sanskrit characters, and a drawing of a cosmic snake (f. 16v).

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “astrological” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “astrological”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Divination”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the subject metadata.

    • “Divination”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Divination”· in subject

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

1 item (30 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 11 cm; 30 leaves foliated 1-28, 31-32, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrāmavājapeyīkṛtamūle bharatakṛata ṭīkāyāṃ sarvopakartārājñāṃvijayapradoyaṃ samarasāraḥ svarārthyapūrṇaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 31r).; Dated śaka 1581 or possibly 1681 (f. 32r), corresponding to 1659 or 1759.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Mistakes covered over in yellow or crossed out with black or red; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Scribe is Sadāśiva (f. 32r).; Title from colophon (f. 32r).; Watermarks of a coat of arms.; Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.

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  • ark:/81431/p3524r

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Collection of Indic Manuscripts
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9969032343503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1826
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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