Shri Raghunatha Temple Manuscript Library,

JAMMU

No. 4046 Gha The library catalog number uses the Devanagari numerals ४०४६ and the letter "Gha" as a classification marker.

Title The Jewel of Established Principles: The Chapter on the Delineation of the Earth original: "Siddhāntakaustubha Bhūgolakhaṇādhyāyaḥ." In Sanskrit, a "Siddhānta" is a comprehensive scientific treatise or system of established truths. "Kaustubha" refers to a legendary, brilliant jewel belonging to the god Vishnu, used here to suggest the text's high scholarly value. "Bhūgola" refers to the terrestrial globe.

Author Ramagopal Sharma

Extent 3 [folios] — Year 1794 of the Common Era original: "सं० १८५१"; the manuscript is dated to the Vikrama Samvat year 1851. To convert this to the Western calendar, we subtract 57 years to reach 1794 CE.

Subject Astronomy, Complete original: "Jyotiṣam sampūrṇam." Jyotisha is the traditional Indian science of "light" or celestial observation, encompassing mathematics, astronomy, and time-keeping. The word "complete" signifies that this specific chapter is fully contained in these three pages.