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Nīlakaṇṭhī, circa 1700-1850.
नीलकण्ठी
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Divination.
- India.
- Hindu astrology.
- Hindu astronomy.
- Divination--India.
- Genre:
- treatises
- manuals (instructional materials)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1916
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a manual and astrological treatise used for contemplation and consultation and deals with the twelve bhavas (houses) associated with the zodiac. Includes spaces for astrological tables that are not drawn.
- Notes:
- Title from incipit (f. 1r).
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 6 leaves foliated 1-4, [5-6], upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- 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 5000c (UP 1916).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1916.
- OCLC:
- 949266159
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