Līlāvatī.

لیلاوتى

Description

Main Author

Bhāskarācārya, 1114-

Related Names

Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605, commissioning body.
Fayz̤ī, Abū al-Fayz̤ ibn Mubārak, 1547 or 1548-1595, translator.
Bahādur Shāh I, 1643-1712, dedicatee.
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Persian

Published

Lahore, 1711.

Subjects

Manuscripts, Persian.
Geometry.
Arithmetic.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) / New York.
Arithmetic.
Geometry.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Trough-marbled paper.
Half covers.
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

Translation by Abū al-Fayz̤ ibn Mubārak Fayz̤ī (d. 1595) of Bhāskarācārya's Sanskrit work on geometry and arithmetic. The text is dedicated to a Muḥammad Shāh ruling in Lāhore, i.e. Bahādur Shāh I, 1643-1712 of the Mughal Empire.

Note

Origin: Copied in Lahore in 1123 A.H. (1711) (f. 56v).
Shelfmark: MS Or 38.
Decoration: Rubrications.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.
Layout: 13 long lines; extensive marginalia.
Title from f. 1v.
Manuscript codex.

Physical Description

[2], 56, [2] foliated leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 (160 x 100) mm, bound to 220 x 165 mm

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