Saṃjñātantra, circa 1700-1850.
संज्ञातन्त्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Hinduism.

Divination.

India.

Hindu astrology.

Hindu astronomy.

Divination--India.

Cosmology--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Tantrism.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

tables (documents)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1825

Other Title:

Nīlakaṇṭhī

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16r); alternate title Nīlakaṇṭhī supplied by cataloger.

Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.

16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīnīlakaṃṭhakṛtaṃ saṃjñātaṃtraṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 16r).

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 double red 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 5010 (UP 1825).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1825.

OCLC:

944523906