Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9960448093503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861360442
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6044809

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Summary

Manuscript is an astrological/tantric treatise connected to the theology of the Hindu deity Śiva and Śivā (female counterpart to Śiva); used for astrological predictions and for the purposes of divination. Contains two texts: the first is the Śivālikhita and the second is the Śivājñā.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 4r); section title Śivālikhita from internal colophon (f. 2v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes crossed out in black.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Tantrism
• Divination--India

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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