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Title

Authors

• Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969133733503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945972466
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6913373

Publisher

Language

Summary

Astrological treatise associated with Tantra and used for divining the future.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1v).
   
• Written in 17-19 lines per leaf.
   
• 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1673 (1751) (f. 13r).
   
• 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 on the opening folios.
   

Extent

Support

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology--Early works to 1800
• Hindu astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Divination--India--Early works to 1800
• Tantrism--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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