1700–1850

Kālanirṇaya

ms_coll_390item_1664 · University of Pennsylvania

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Hindu/Vedic rituals & observances Hindu Code
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_1664
Language Sanskrit
Date 1700–1850

About this Manuscript

The work Kālanirṇaya is attributed to Mādhavācārya and is also known by the titles Kālamādhava or Kālamādhavīya. It is a Dharmaśāstra text concerned with calendrical calculations and the determination of time according to traditional Hindu methods. The main text is divided in five prakaraṇa.First chapter (f.1a–16b) The first (Upotghāta) deals with a scholastic disquisition on time and its real nature. Title from internal colophon (f. 16v); alternate title from title page (f. 1r). Written in 9–11 lines per leaf.; 64 leaves foliated 1–50, 19–32, upper left and lower right verso; starting at folio 33 a secondary set of numbers is written on the top left and continues through the last leaf of the manuscript, 1–32. The primary foliation ends at folio 50 which corresponds with folio 18 of the secondary foliation. Mistakes are covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Kālanirṇaya
Alternative Titles Kālamādhava, Kālamādhavīya
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_1664
Collection Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Hindu/Vedic rituals & observances, Hindu Code, Dharmaśāstra, Paurohityaśastra.
Date 1700–1850
Place of Origin United States of America
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Hindu/Vedic rituals & observances Hindu Code Dharmaśāstra Paurohityaśastra.