The importance of regional studies in providing a comprehensive framework for the writing of Indian History has been recognized for a long time. The Indian subcontinent displays considerable diversity in geography, language, culture and economic conditions. It is not surprising that a general theory which can explain all the regional variations in the social and economic development of India has proved elusive. However, detailed regional studies that have been undertaken recently are useful in throwing light into a number of problems that a student of history faces while analyzing the socio-economic structure of a particular period or the character of a social movement. Such studies have also demonstrated the complexities involved in applying an accepted historical concept or category in a specific regional context.
Contains 108 leaves. Incomplete. 4 lines on each page. Readable. Preserved in good condition. This manuscript deals with suggesting auspicious inauspicious times to begin or to do rituals, constructions, poojas, etc.
The dimension of this palm leaf manuscript is 28x3.5. Contains 13 leaves. Incomplete. The approximate number of lines per page is 8. Empty leaves are found in-between the text. One leaf was written in Granta script. The page number appears in the right corner in Tamil numbers. The text starts with page number 38 and ends with 49. There are various astrological calculations and timings are given in this manuscript. The texts appear in this collection are Naṭcattira ātāyam celavu, kantāya palaṉaṟiya, maḻaiyaṟiya, karināḷ cūlam, vitai aṟiya, katir koḷḷal, vināṭi nāḻikai,māta palaṉ, tiṉa palaṉ, tāra palamaṟiya, and mirukam pakṣi. Notable calculations in this collection of astrology are to know when one has to sow the land to get a good yield, the time of raining, timings that one has to do auspicious things etc. Chakras are provided for raining. The page appears with Granta script talks about whole of timing calculations. There are two handwritings are found in this collection viz., one is someone who given the title separately in a leaf and the one who copied the text. This manuscript could be used as consulting material by astrologers.
Bhadradīpam is an unpublished Kerala astronomical text with mathematical computations. It is written in Maṇipravāḷa verses which is a mixture both Sanskrit and Malayalam language. It comprises of eleven chapters.The author of the text is Iṭakramañceri Nampūtiri who belongs to Perumaṇpuṛa near Calicut.
It contains the description of how to construct the armillary sphere ( Bhūgoḷa), the calculation of Kali year and Śaka year and the Palabhā (the equinoctial shadow of the gnomon) experiment.
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