ேசாதிசாதீதிரம். [Sothi Sastra]. The Oriental astronomer : being a complete system of Hindu astronomy, accompanied with a translation and numerous explanatory notes. With an appendix

[Bound with] : A complete system of Hindu astronomy, being a translation of the foregoing work. Jaffna : American Mission Press, 1848. Octavo, original Ceylonese binding of half-roan over marbled papered boards (worn, joints rubbed with cords exposed, spine cracked, edges and boards rubbed), local binder’s ticket of Apaswamy, pp. [ii – title leaf]; 177; [3 – blanks]; (iv); 143; [blank]; corrigenda, internally clean, a very good copy. Text in Tamil and English.

A scarce mission imprint of Parakitham (the author of which is unknown), originally written in Sanskrit, translated into Tamil by Uḷḷamuṭaiyān, with the English translation made at Batticotta Seminary by H.R. Hoisington.

‘Henry Richard Hoisington (23 August 1801 – 16 May 1858) was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) and was one of the first three missionaries who established mission station at Madura, commencing American Madura Mission in South India as an offshoot of the Jaffna Mission in Ceylon, also known as Ceylon Mission.’ – Wikipedia