Akṣaracintāmaṇi, 1807.
अक्षरचिन्तामणि

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu astrology.

Hindu astronomy.

Chakra (Hinduism).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Genre:

treatises

tables (documents)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1882

Place of Publication:

1807.

१८०७.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Astrological treatise attributed to the Hindu deity Śiva, called Īśvara. Contains table with abbreviations and numbers related to the Haṃsacakra point of power (cakra), likely for outlining associated sinus illnesses (such as colds) and their cures.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 11v).

Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.

11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity akṣaraciṃtāmaṇiḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 11v).

Dated saṃvat 1864 (1807) (f. 1r).

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 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 4957 (UP 1882).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1882.

OCLC:

947858832