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ध्रुवभ्रम-वलय-सुधीरत्र्जन-प्रतोदयन्त्राणि.

Resource Type : Manuscript
Year/Date of Publication : 1658
Original Era : संवत 1715
Subject : Astronomy and Mathematics
Script : Devanagari Handwriting
Notes/Description : The MS. contains the following:—(I) ध्रुवभ्रमणयन्त्र “Description and use of an instrument for ascertaining from the position of the polar star, the time of night at any given moment“, cf. Bik., p. 294, and also Peterson,Reports, IV. No. 976. The piece, consisting of 31 s'lokas with Sanskrt commentary, is from Yantraratnavali, (of which it forms the second adhikara ), composed by Padmanabha, son of Narmada; See above No. 220.( II ) वलययन्त्र, consisting of 11 (3+8) s’lokas.III) सुधिरत्र्जनयन्त्र, composed by Ganes’a Daivajna,son of Kes’ava of Golagrama, and the author of Grahalaghava. See above No. 234. It consists of 12 s’lokas only.(VI) प्रतोदयन्त्र, composed by Ganes’a Daivajna,son of Kes’ava. This consists of 13 s’lokas.Cf. Stein, p. 165; Ulwar Cata., No. 1844, and Bik., p. 328.
Pages/Folios : Folios: 10 , Lines: 14 , Folio Size in Inches: 11 x 5
Identifier : MS_00000245
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