Kālanirṇaya

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. Although the complete Kālanirṇaya is said to consist of five prakaraṇas (sections. The present manuscript contains only the portion dealing with tithis. This manuscript discusses the nature of the tithi, the method of determining its duration, and the sequence of the fifteen tithis within a pakṣa. It also explains the two kinds of pakṣas—Śukla pakṣa (the waxing fortnight) and Kṛṣṇa pakṣa (the waning fortnight)—and their role in calculating lunar days and ritual observances. Title from note on final folio (f. 9b); alternate title Kālamādhavīya supplied by cataloger. It is written in 11–12 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves are foliated 1–9, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.