Nīlakaṇṭhī, circa 1700-1850.
नीलकण्ठी

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Divination.

India.

Hindu astrology.

Hindu astronomy.

Divination--India.

Chakras.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

tables (documents)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (42 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1808

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a manual and astrological/cosmological treatise used for contemplation and consultation and deals with the twelve bhavas which are aligned with the twelve signs of the zodiac and correlated with physical health and well-being and with specific body parts; a table connected to 10 cakras (points of power located throughout the human body) is included (f. 42v).

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.

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 quadruple black line.

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 5000a (UP 1808).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1808.

OCLC:

944199763