Saṃjñātantra, 1798.
संज्ञातन्त्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Hinduism.

Divination.

India.

Divination--India.

Cosmology--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Tantrism.

Hindu astrology.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

tables (documents)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 670

Other Title:

Nīlakaṇṭhī.

Place of Publication:

1798.

१७९८.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a kind of manual and astrological/cosmological treatise used for contemplation and consultation for the purpose of divination and inward contemplation through a reading and correlation of planetary tables, an understanding of the different regions (varṣa) of the earth, etc.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15v); alternate title Nīlakaṇṭhī supplied by cataloger.

Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.

15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrī daivajñānaṃtaṃsutadaivattaśrīnīlakaṃṭhaviracitaṃ saṃjñātaṃtraṃ samāptaṃ // śrīsaṃvat 1855 śāke 1720 caitra śukladvitīyā caṃdre upādhyālakṣmaṇe naleśvakaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 15v).

Dated saṃvat 1855 (1798) (f. 15v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with single red line; red rectangles bordering the title on title page (f. 1r).

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 5009 (UP 670).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 670

OCLC:

861362854